Salivary glands act as mucosal inductive sites via the formation of ectopic germinal centers after siterestricted MCMV infection

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1680-1696

  Grewal, Jasvir S ^a   Pilgrim, Mark J ^b,d   Grewal, Suman ^a   Kasman, Laura ^b   Werner, Phillip ^b,c   Bruorton, Mary E ^b   London, Steven D ^a   London, Lucille ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d LANDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mucosal immunity; Viral immunity

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LECTIN PEANUT AGGLUTININ; MESSENGER RNA; SYNDECAN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; B220+ T LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ECTOPIC GERMINAL CENTER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; INTRAGLANDULAR INOCULATION; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; MURINE CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUROMEGALOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLANDS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MAIZE CHLOROTIC MOTTLE VIRUS; MURID HERPESVIRUS 1; MUS;

EID: 79955672670     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-174656     Document Type: Article

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