Regulation of germinal center B-cell differentiation

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 8-19

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Garcia Ibanez, Laura ^a   Toellner, Kai Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affinity maturation; B cell selection; Cytokines; Germinal center; Immune complex; Tfh cells

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GENETIC SELECTION; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMABLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN MEDIATED CLONAL SELECTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONAL SELECTION, ANTIGEN-MEDIATED; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84957677798     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12396     Document Type: Review

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