IFN-γ receptor and STAT1 signaling in B cells are central to spontaneous germinal center formation and autoimmunity

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 715-732

  Domeier, Phillip P ^a   Chodisetti, Sathi Babu ^a   Soni, Chetna ^a   Schell, Stephanie L ^a   Elias, Melinda J ^a   Wong, Eric B ^a,c   Cooper, Timothy K ^a   Kitamura, Daisuke ^b   Rahman, Ziaur S M ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2C; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOANTIBODY; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; STAT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR T HELPER CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUSLY DEVELOPED GERMINAL CENTER; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GERMINAL CENTER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84969132610     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20151722     Document Type: Article

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