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A novel human B cell subpopulation representing the initial germinal center population to express AID.
Blood - 15 Mar 2007
Kolar Grant R, Mehta Darshna, Pelayo Rosana, Capra J Donald
Abstract excerpt
We have identified a novel mature human B-cell subpopulation in the human tonsil that has characteristics of both naive B cells and germinal center B cells including the expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), which is essential for the process of immunoglobulin somatic hypermutation and class-switch recombination. These cells are clearly somatically hypermutated, albeit modestly. Their...
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