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Human B-1 cells take the stage.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 May 2013
Rothstein Thomas L, Griffin Daniel O, Holodick Nichol E, Quach Tam D, Kaku Hiroaki
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B-1 cells play critical roles in defending against microbial invasion and in housekeeping removal of cellular debris. B-1 cells secrete natural antibody and manifest functions that influence T cell expansion and differentiation and in these and other ways differ from conventional B-2 cells. B-1 cells were originally studied in mice where they are easily distinguished from B-2 cells, but their identity in the...
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