Transgenic expression of bovine neonatal Fc receptor in mice boosts immune response and improves hybridoma production efficiency without any sign of autoimmunity

Immunology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 62-69

  Schneider, Zita ^a   Cervenak, Judit ^b   Baranyi, Mária ^b   Papp, Krisztián ^a   Prechl, József ^a   László, Glória ^a   Erdei, Anna ^a   Kacskovics, Imre ^a,b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ImmunoGenes Kft   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Hybridoma; Monoclonal antibody; Neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn); Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FC RECEPTOR; HAPTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; MYELOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN SIZE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CATTLE; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITOPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVALBUMIN; RECEPTORS, FC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79954419216     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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