Analysis of a wild mouse promoter variant reveals a novel role for FcγRIIb in the control of the germinal center and autoimmunity

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2307-2319

  Espéli, Marion ^a,b   Clatworthy, Menna R ^a,b   Bökers, Susanne ^a,b,d   Lawlor, Kate E ^a,b,e   Cutler, Antony J ^a,b   Köntgen, Frank ^c   Lyons, Paul A ^a,b   Smith, Kenneth G C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ozgene Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR IIB;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMINAL CENTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINAL CENTER; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, IGG; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1;

EID: 84871318946     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121752     Document Type: Article

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