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Class-switched marginal zone B cells in spleen have relatively low numbers of somatic mutations.
Molecular immunology - 1 Mar 2011
Hendricks Jacobus, Visser Annie, Dammers Peter M, Burgerhof Johannes G M, Bos Nicolaas A, Kroese Frans G M
Abstract excerpt
The vast majority of rodent splenic marginal zone (MZ)-B cells are naive IgM(+) cells. A small fraction of these MZ-B cells carry mutated V-genes, and represent IgM(+) memory MZ-B cells. Here we reveal further heterogeneity of B cells with a MZ-B cell phenotype, by providing evidence for the existence of class-switched memory MZ-B cells in the rat. In essence, we observed IGHV5 encoded Cγ transcripts, among...
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