CD40 AND ITS LIGAND, AN ESSENTIAL LIGAND RECEPTOR PAIR FOR THYMUS-DEPENDENT B-CELL ACTIVATION

被引:310
作者
NOELLE, RJ [1 ]
LEDBETTER, JA [1 ]
ARUFFO, A [1 ]
机构
[1] BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUT RES INST,SEATTLE,WA 98121
来源
IMMUNOLOGY TODAY | 1992年 / 13卷 / 11期
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10.1016/0167-5699(92)90068-I
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
The discovery of CD40 and its ligand, gp39, have created new perspectives on the activation of resting B cells by T(H) cells. Here, Randolph Noelle, Jeffrey Ledbetter and Alejandro Aruffo describe how these molecules were characterized and, from recent findings, examine their relevance to immune activation.
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