Autoreactivity and the positive selection of B cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2971-2977

  Übelhart, Rudolf ^a   Jumaa, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantigen; B cell receptor; IgD; IgM; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VDJ RECOMBINATION; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLONAL ANERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONAL ANERGY; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SELF TOLERANCE;

EID: 84950134006     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444622     Document Type: Short Survey

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