Broad volume distributions indicate nonsynchronized growth and suggest sudden collapses of germinal center B cell populations

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1339-1347

  Wittenbrink, Nicole ^a,b   Weber, Tom S ^a,b   Klein, Anke ^a,b   Weiser, Armin A ^a,b   Zuschratter, Werner ^e   Sibila, Michael ^a,c   Schuchhardt, Johannes ^d   Or Guil, Michal ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^d MICRODISCOVERY GMBH   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXAZOLONE; SERUM ALBUMIN; 2 PHENYLOXAZOLONE; 2-PHENYLOXAZOLONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HAPTEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNIZATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE; TIME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; SPLEEN; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINESIS; GERMINAL CENTER; HAPTENS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; OXAZOLONE; SPLEEN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77949332487     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901040     Document Type: Article

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