Overexpression of bovine FcRn in mice enhances T-dependent immune responses by amplifying T helper cell frequency and germinal center enlargement in the spleen

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Schneider, Zita ^a,f   Jani, Péter K ^b   Szikora, Bence ^a   Végh, Attila ^a,b,g   Kövesdi, Dorottya ^a   Iliás, Attila ^a   Cervenak, Judit ^b   Balogh, Péter ^c,d   Kurucz, István ^a,e   Kacskovics, Imre ^a,b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ImmunoGenes Kft   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e ImmunoGenes ABS Zrt   (Hungary)

^f TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; FcRn overexpression; Germinal center; Humoral immune diversity; Humoral immune response

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 84935420202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00357     Document Type: Article

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