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Dysfunctional BLK in common variable immunodeficiency perturbs B-cell proliferation and ability to elicit antigen-specific CD4+ T-cell help.
Oncotarget - 10 May 2015
Compeer Ewoud B, Janssen Willemijn, van Royen-Kerkhof Annet, van Gijn Marielle, van Montfrans Joris M, Boes Marianne
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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most prevalent primary antibody deficiency, and characterized by defective generation of high-affinity antibodies. Patients have therefore increased risk to recurrent infections of the respiratory and intestinal tract. Development of high-affinity antigen-specific antibodies involves two key actions of B-cell receptors (BCR): transmembrane signaling through...
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