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CD1high B cells: a population of mixed origin.
European journal of immunology - 1 Oct 1999
Makowska A, Faizunnessa N N, Anderson P, Midtvedt T, Cardell S
Abstract excerpt
A specialized subpopulation of T lymphocytes is reactive to the MHC class I-like molecule CD1d. It is not clear which cells are the major antigen-presenting cells in vivo in the activation of CD1-restricted immune responses. We have characterized a subset of B lymphocytes expressing six- to eightfold higher levels of CD1 than the bulk of B cells. The cells have a surface phenotype (CD21(high), CD23(low),...
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