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A role for membrane IgD in the tolerance of pathological human rheumatoid factor B cells.
European journal of immunology - 1 Sept 2002
Soulas Pauline, Koenig-Marrony Severine, Julien Sylvie, Knapp Anne-Marie, Garaud Jean-Claude, Pasquali Jean-Louis, Martin Thierry
Abstract excerpt
Under non-autoimmune conditions, rheumatoid factor (RF) B cells coexist peacefully with their antigen (IgG), or can be transiently activated during secondary immune responses because they can present xenoantigens to specific T cells captured in immune complex form. Such a situation should lead to affinity maturation of RF B cells and potentially dangerous production of high-affinity RF. We used two lines of...
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