Multiple checkpoint breach of B cell tolerance in Rasgrp1-deficient mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3605-3613

  Bartlett, Amber ^a   Buhlmann, Janet E ^b   Stone, James ^c   Lim, Bing ^d   Barrington, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; BIM PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RASGRP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW; GERMINAL CENTER; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SPLEEN; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 84885149922     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202892     Document Type: Article

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