Efficient B cell responses to Borrelia hermsii infection depend on BAFF and BAFFR but not TACI

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 453-459

  Dickinson, Gregory S ^a   Sun, Guizhi ^a   Bram, Richard J ^b   Alugupalli, Kishore R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSMEMBRANE ACTIVATOR AND CAML INTERACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTEREMIA; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84890836732     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01147-13     Document Type: Article

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