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Complete arrest from pro- to pre-B cells in a case of B cell-negative severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) without recombinase activating gene (RAG) mutations.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jun 2001
Agematsu K, Nagumo H, Hokibara S, Mori T, Wada T, Yachie A, Kanegane H, Miyawaki T, Sugita K, Karasuyama H, Komiyama A
Abstract excerpt
The B-cell lineage in a patient with B-cell-negative severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) was analysed by using antisurrogate light chain (SL) MoAbs. Peripheral CD3(+) T cells and CD19(+) B cells were absent in the patient. The common gamma (gamma c) chain was expressed normally on the patient's peripheral NK cells and his peripheral mononuclear cells did not possess any mutations in recombinase activating...
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