IL-21 acts directly on B cells to regulate Bcl-6 expression and germinal center responses

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 353-363

  Linterman, Michelle A ^a   Beaton, Laura ^a   Yu, Di ^a,c   Ramiscal, Roybel R ^a   Srivastava, Monika ^a   Hogan, Jennifer J ^a   Verma, Naresh K ^b   Smyth, Mark J ^d   Rigby, Robert J ^a   Vinuesa, Carola G ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 6; BCL6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-21; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 77149122105     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20091738     Document Type: Article

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