Switched memory B cells maintain specific memory independently of serum antibodies: The hepatitis B example

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1800-1808

  Rosado, M Manuela ^a   Scarsella, Marco ^a   Pandolfi, Elisabetta ^a   Cascioli, Simona ^a   Giorda, Ezio ^a   Chionne, Paola ^b   Madonne, Elisabetta ^b   Gesualdo, Francesco ^a   Romano, Mariateresa ^a   Ausiello, Clara M ^b   Rapicetta, Maria ^b   Zanetti, Alessandro R ^c   Tozzi, Alberto ^a   Carsetti, Rita ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

B cell memory; Hepatitis B; Long lived plasma cells; Serum antibodies; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALE; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 79957544147     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201041187     Document Type: Article

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