Neisseria lactamica selectively induces mitogenic proliferation of the naive B cell pool via cell surface Ig

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3652-3660

  Vaughan, Andrew T ^a   Brackenbury, Louise S ^a   Massari, Paola ^d   Davenport, Victoria ^b   Gorringe, Andrew ^c   Heyderman, Robert S ^a,e   Williams, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BREAKPOINT CLUSTER REGION PROTEIN; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; PRONASE; PROTEIN PORB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SURFACE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MITOGENESIS; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TONSIL CELL;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; G0 PHASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PALATINE TONSIL; PORINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 78649886101     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902468     Document Type: Article

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