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Uncoupling CD21 and CD19 of the B-cell coreceptor.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 25 Aug 2009
Barrington Robert A, Schneider Thomas J, Pitcher Lisa A, Mempel Thorsten R, Ma Minghe, Barteneva Natasha S, Carroll Michael C
Abstract excerpt
Complement receptors (CRs) CD21 and CD35 form a coreceptor with CD19 and CD81 on murine B cells that when coligated with the B-cell receptor lowers the threshold of activation by several orders of magnitude. This intrinsic signaling role is thought to explain the impaired humoral immunity of mice bearing deficiency in CRs. However, CRs have additional roles on B cells independent of CD19, such as transport of...
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