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CD81 gene defect in humans disrupts CD19 complex formation and leads to antibody deficiency.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Apr 2010
van Zelm Menno C, Smet Julie, Adams Brigitte, Mascart Françoise, Schandené Liliane, Janssen Françoise, Ferster Alina, Kuo Chiung-Chi, Levy Shoshana, van Dongen Jacques J M, van der Burg Mirjam
Abstract excerpt
Antibody deficiencies constitute the largest group of symptomatic primary immunodeficiency diseases. In several patients, mutations in CD19 have been found to underlie disease, demonstrating the critical role for the protein encoded by this gene in antibody responses; CD19 functions in a complex...
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