Immunoglobulin class switching appears to be regulated by B-cell antigen receptor-specific T-cell action

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1016-1029

  Lange, Hans ^a   Hecht, Oliver ^a,b   Zemlin, Michael ^c   Trad, Ahmad ^a   Tanasa, Radu I ^a   Schroeder, Harry W ^c   Lemke, Hilmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

BCR specific T cells; CDR H3 lengths; Class switch recombination; Clonal selection; Repertoire restriction

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; FICOLL; HAPTEN 2 PHENYLOXAZOLONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OXAZOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLASS SWITCH RECOMBINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; FEMALE; HAPTENS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OXAZOLES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84860234402     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141857     Document Type: Article

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