Atypical memory B cells in human chronic infectious diseases: An interim report

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 321, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-25

  Portugal, Silvia ^a   Obeng Adjei, Nyamekye ^b   Moir, Susan ^b   Crompton, Peter D ^b   Pierce, Susan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical memory B cells; Chronic infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS AGENT; MALARIA; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALARIA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85025439021     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2017.07.003     Document Type: Article

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