Thymic B Cells Are Licensed to Present Self Antigens for Central T Cell Tolerance Induction

Immunity

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1048-1061

  Yamano, Tomoyoshi ^a   Nedjic, Jelena ^a   Hinterberger, Maria ^a   Steinert, Madlen ^a   Koser, Sandra ^b   Pinto, Sheena ^b   Gerdes, Norbert ^c   Lutgens, Esther ^c,d   Ishimaru, Naozumi ^e   Busslinger, Meinrad ^f   Brors, Benedikt ^b   Kyewski, Bruno ^b   Klein, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD80; APECED PROTEIN; AUTOANTIGENS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SELECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMOCYTE; UPREGULATION; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL TOLERANCE; CLONAL SELECTION, ANTIGEN-MEDIATED; GENETICS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD80; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL TOLERANCE; CLONAL SELECTION, ANTIGEN-MEDIATED; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84937631527     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.05.013     Document Type: Article

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