Absence of surrogate light chain results in spontaneous autoreactive germinal centres expanding VH81X-expressing B cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Grimsholm, Ola ^a   Ren, Weicheng ^a   Bernardi, Angelina I ^a   Chen, Haixia ^a   Park, Giljun ^a   Camponeschi, Alessandro ^a   Chen, Dongfeng ^a   Bergmann, Berglind ^a   Höök, Nina ^a   Andersson, Sofia ^a   Strömberg, Anneli ^a   Gjertsson, Inger ^a   Cardell, Susanna ^a   Yrlid, Ulf ^a   De Riva, Alessandra ^b   Mårtensson, Inga Lill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; SURROGATE IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; RODENT; SURROGATE METHOD; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMORY CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANAS; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS, SURROGATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84929208541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8077     Document Type: Article

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