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Multiple layers of B cell memory with different effector functions.
Nature immunology - 1 Dec 2009
Dogan Ismail, Bertocci Barbara, Vilmont Valérie, Delbos Frédéric, Mégret Jérome, Storck Sébastien, Reynaud Claude-Agnès, Weill Jean-Claude
Abstract excerpt
Memory B cells are at the center of longstanding controversies regarding the presence of antigen for their survival and their re-engagement in germinal centers after secondary challenge. Using a new mouse model of memory B cell labeling dependent on the cytidine deaminase AID, we show that after immunization with a particulate antigen, B cell memory appeared in several subsets, comprising clusters of...
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