B cell-derived IL-6 initiates spontaneous germinal center formation during systemic autoimmunity

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 214, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 3207-3217

  Arkatkar, Tanvi ^a   Du, Samuel W ^a   Jacobs, Holly M ^a   Dam, Elizabeth M ^b   Hou, Baidong ^d   Buckner, Jane H ^b   Rawlings, David J ^a,c   Jackson, Shaun W ^a,c  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CD40 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; AUTOANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 85033390839     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20170580     Document Type: Article

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