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Monocytoid B cells: an enigmatic B cell subset showing evidence of extrafollicular immunoglobulin gene somatic hypermutation.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 May 2012
Warsame A, Delabie J, Malecka A, Wang J, Trøen G, Tierens A
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Monocytoid B cells are IgM(+) , IgD(-/+) , CD27(-) B cells, localized in the perisinusoidal area of the lymph node. These cells are especially prominent in infections such as those caused by toxoplasma and HIV. The ontogeny of monocytoid B cells with respect to B cell maturation is incompletely k...
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