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The pre-B cell receptor checkpoint.
FEBS letters - 18 Jun 2010
Mårtensson Inga-Lill, Almqvist Nina, Grimsholm Ola, Bernardi Angelina I
Abstract excerpt
B lymphocytes are essential antibody-producing cells of the immune system. During the development of progenitor B cells to mature B cells that express a membrane-bound antibody, the B cell receptor (BCR), the cells undergo selection at several checkpoints, which ensures that a diverse antibody repertoire is generated and that the BCRs recognise foreign-, but not self-, antigens. In this review, we consider the...
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