Plasma cell and memory B cell differentiation from the germinal center

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 97-102

  Suan, Dan ^a,b   Sundling, Christopher ^a   Brink, Robert ^a,c  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GERMINAL CENTER; MEMORY CELL; PLASMA CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 85015708656     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: 18790372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2017.03.006     Document Type: Review

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