B-cell biology and development

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 959-971

  Pieper, Kathrin ^a,b   Grimbacher, Bodo ^a   Eibel, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; B cell; B lymphocyte; development; humoral immunity; immunodeficiency; tolerance

Indexed keywords

B CELL MATURATION ANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; BELIMUMAB; BRUTON TYROSINE KINASE; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; IBRUTINIB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PRE B CELL RECEPTOR; RITUXIMAB; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; HEAVY CHAIN; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LIGHT CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 84875700335     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.01.046     Document Type: Review

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