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Appearance of human plasma cells following differentiation of human B cells in NOD/SCID mouse spleen.
Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Kikuchi Kentaro, Lian Zhe-Xiong, He Xiao-Song, Ansari Aftab A, Ishibashi Miyuki, Miyakawa Hiroshi, Shultz Leonard D, Ikehara Susumu, Gershwin M Eric
Abstract excerpt
Relatively little is known for the differentiation and maturation process of human B cells to plasma cells. This is particularly important in reconstitution work involving transfer of autoantibodies. To address this issue, we transplanted human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) directly into the spleen of irradiated NOD/SCID mice depleted of natural killer cell activity. Within 6 weeks, naive B cells...
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