Receptor editing in peripheral B cell tolerance.

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Receptor editing or secondary Ig gene rearrangement occurs in immature, autoreactive B cells to maintain self-tolerance. Here we show that nonspontaneously autoimmune mice immunized with a peptide mimetope of DNA develop peptide- and DNA-reactive antibodies. Antigen-specific B cells display a follicular B cell phenotype. As these cells move into the memory compartment, many express RAG protein and acquire...

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