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Infant and Adult Human B Cell Responses to Rotavirus Share Common Immunodominant Variable Gene Repertoires
1 Nov 2003
Abstract excerpt
Ab repertoires exhibit marked restrictions during fetal life characterized by biases of variable gene usage and lack of junctional diversity. We tested the hypothesis that Ab repertoire restriction contributes to the observed poor quality of specific Ab responses made by infants to viral infections. We analyzed the molecular determinants of B cell responses in humans to two Ags of rotavirus (RV), a common and...
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