The Transcription Factor AP4 Mediates Resolution of Chronic Viral Infection through Amplification of Germinal Center B Cell Responses

Immunity

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 570-582

  Chou, Chun ^a   Verbaro, Daniel J ^a   Tonc, Elena ^a   Holmgren, Melanie ^a   Cella, Marina ^a   Colonna, Marco ^a   Bhattacharya, Deepta ^a   Egawa, Takeshi ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP4, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; INTERLEUKINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84990877410     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.07.023     Document Type: Article

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