1. Introduction

   • Rudolf Zubler

   EditorialNotes Pages: 331 - 332

2. Ligand-dependent and -independent processes in B-cell-receptor-mediated signaling

   • Ezequiel M. Fuentes-Pananá
   • John G. Monroe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 350

3. Maintenance and loss of self-tolerance in B cells

   • Antonio Iglesias

   OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 366

4. Somatic hypernnitation in human B cell subsets

   • Nancy S. Longo
   • Peter E. Lipsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 367 - 385

5. Antibody repertoires in infants and adults: effects of T-independent and T-dependent immunizations

   • Elisabeth E. Adderson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 403

6. Naive and memory B cells in T-cell-dependent and T-independent responses

   • Rudolf H. Zubler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 405 - 419

7. Functions of antibodies in the regulation of b ceil responses in vivo

   • Birgitta Heyman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 432

8. Isotype-dependent pathogenicity of autoantibodies: analysis in experimental autoimmune hemolytic anemia

   • Shozo Izui
   • Liliane Fossati-Jimack
   • Thomas Moll

   OriginalPaper Pages: 433 - 445

9. Immunomodulation of autoimmune diseases by high-dose intravenous immunoglobulins

   • Lubica Rauova
   • Jozef Rovensky
   • Yehuda Shoenfeld

   OriginalPaper Pages: 447 - 457