Increased levels of (class switched) memory B cells in peripheral blood of current smokers

Respiratory Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Brandsma, Corry Anke ^a   Hylkema, Machteld N ^a   Geerlings, Marie ^a   van Geffen, Wouter H ^a   Postma, Dirkje S ^a   Timens, Wim ^a   Kerstjens, Huib A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; ELASTIN; EPITOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEMORY CELL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SMOKING; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 73949138981     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-10-108     Document Type: Article

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