FcRn overexpression in transgenic mice results in augmented APC activity and robust immune response with increased diversity of induced antibodies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Végh, Attila ^a   Farkas, Anita ^b   Kövesdi, Dorottya ^b   Papp, Krisztián ^b   Cervenak, Judit ^a   Schneider, Zita ^b   Bender, Balázs ^a   Hiripi, László ^c   László, Glória ^b   Prechl, József ^b   Matkó, János ^b   Kacskovics, Imre ^a,b  

^a ImmunoGenes Kft   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; OVALBUMIN; FC RECEPTOR; FC RECEPTOR, NEONATAL; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FCRN GENE; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BOVINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CATTLE; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVALBUMIN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECEPTORS, FC;

EID: 84871130729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036286     Document Type: Article

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