An intrinsic B-cell defect supports autoimmunity in New Zealand black chromosome 13 congenic mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 527-536

  Loh, Christina ^a,b   Pau, Evelyn ^a,b   Chang, Nan Hua ^a   Wither, Joan E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; B cells; TLRs

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; EGG WHITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYSOZYME; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; PROTEIN SM; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 13; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NEW ZEALAND BLACK MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; CLONAL ANERGY; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NZB; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MURAMIDASE; POLY I-C; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 78851468759     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040983     Document Type: Article

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