Liver-expressed Igκ superantigen induces tolerance of polyclonal B cells by clonal deletion not κ to λ receptor editing

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 617-629

  Ota, Takayuki ^a   Ota, Miyo ^a   Duong, Bao Hoa ^a   Gavin, Amanda L ^b   Nemazee, David ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CASPASE 3; CELL SURFACE IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; SUPERANTIGEN; MALTOPORINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; VIRUS RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LIVER CELL; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CLONAL DELETION; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PORINS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 79952723639     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20102265     Document Type: Article

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