Gut-associated lymphoid tissue contains the molecular machinery to support T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent class switch recombination

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 495-503

  Barone, F ^a   Patel, P ^a,b   Sanderson, J D ^b   Spencer, J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRIL PROTEIN; B CELL MATURATION ANTIGEN; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; TRANSMEMBRANE ACTIVATOR AND CAML INTERACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LARGE INTESTINE; MICRODISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350303829     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2009.106     Document Type: Article

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