The past, present, and future of immune repertoire biology - the rise of next-generation repertoire analysis

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Six, Adrien ^a,b,c,d,e   Mariotti Ferrandiz, Maria Encarnita ^a,b,c,e   Chaara, Wahiba ^a,b,c,d,e   Magadan, Susana ^f   Pham, Hang Phuong ^a,b   Lefranc, Marie Paule ^g   Mora, Thierry ^h   Thomas Vaslin, Véronique ^a,b,c,e   Walczak, Aleksandra M ^h   Boudinot, Pierre ^f  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Unit of Dermatology   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^f INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^g INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^h ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

B cell repertoire; Diversity analysis; Gene nomenclature; Immune receptors; Modeling; Next generation sequencing; Statistics; T cell repertoire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890413048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00413     Document Type: Article

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