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Biased use of VH5 IgE-positive B cells in the nasal mucosa in allergic rhinitis.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Aug 2005
Coker Heather A, Harries Helen E, Banfield Graham K, Carr Victoria A, Durham Stephen R, Chevretton Elfy, Hobby Paul, Sutton Brian J, Gould Hannah J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: IgE antibody-producing B cells are enriched in the nasal mucosa in patients with allergic rhinitis because of local class switching to IgE. The expressed IgE VH genes also undergo somatic hypermutation in situ to generate clonal families. The antigenic driving force behind these events is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To examine the possible involvement of a superantigen in allergic rhinitis, we compared the...
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