Invariant natural killer T cells direct B cell responses to cognate lipid antigen in an IL-21-dependent manner

Nature Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-50

  King, Irah L ^a   Fortier, Anne ^a   Tighe, Michael ^a   Dibble, John ^a   Watts, Gerald F M ^b   Veerapen, Natacha ^c   Haberman, Ann M ^d   Besra, Gurdyal S ^c   Mohrs, Markus ^a   Brenner, Michael B ^b   Leadbetter, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 21;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKINS; LIPIDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN;

EID: 83755166409     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2172     Document Type: Article

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