Human B-cell memory is shaped by age- and tissue-specific T-independent and GC-dependent events

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 327-344

  Aranburu, Alaitz ^a   Piano Mortari, Eva ^a   Baban, Anwar ^a   Giorda, Ezio ^a   Cascioli, Simona ^a   Marcellini, Valentina ^a   Scarsella, Marco ^a   Ceccarelli, Sara ^a   Corbelli, Sandro ^a   Cantarutti, Nicoletta ^a   De Vito, Rita ^a   Inserra, Alessandro ^a   Nicolosi, Luciana ^a   Lanfranchi, Arnalda ^b   Porta, Fulvio ^b   Cancrini, Caterina ^a   Finocchi, Andrea ^a   Carsetti, Rita ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibodies; B cell development; B cells; Immunoglobulins; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; JANUS KINASE 3; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BLOOD; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MUTATION RATE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPLEEN; AGING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFANT; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 85007247376     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646642     Document Type: Article

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