Germinal centers

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-10

  Shlomchik, Mark J ^a   Weisel, Florian ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; CD40 LIGAND; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PROTEIN BCL 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PLASMA CELL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859722007     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2012.01125.x     Document Type: Editorial

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