IFN-γ receptor and STAT1 signaling in B cells are central to spontaneous germinal center formation and autoimmunity.

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Published in J Exp Med on April 11, 2016

Authors

Phillip P Domeier1, Sathi Babu Chodisetti1, Chetna Soni1, Stephanie L Schell1, Melinda J Elias1, Eric B Wong1, Timothy K Cooper2, Daisuke Kitamura3, Ziaur S M Rahman4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033.
2: Department of Comparative Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033 Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033.
3: Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 162 0825 Tokyo, Japan.
4: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033 zrahman@hmc.psu.edu.

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