The follicular dendritic cell network in secondary follicles of human palatine tonsils and spleens

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Steiniger, Birte ^a   Trabandt, Marc ^a   Barth, Peter J ^b  

^a Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

FDCs; Human spleen; Human tonsil

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PALATINE TONSIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956211730     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-011-0799-x     Document Type: Article

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