Rheumatoid factor B cell memory leads to rapid, switched antibody-forming cell responses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1974-1981

  Sweet, Rebecca A ^a   Cullen, Jaime L ^a   Shlomchik, Mark J ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84874259181     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202816     Document Type: Article

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