The importance of natural IgM: Scavenger, protector and regulator

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 778-786

  Ehrenstein, Michael R ^a   Notley, Clare A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE;

EID: 78049313303     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2849     Document Type: Review

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