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Lower IgG somatic hypermutation rates during acute dengue virus infection is compatible with a germinal center-independent B cell response.
Genome medicine - 25 Feb 2016
Godoy-Lozano Elizabeth Ernestina, Téllez-Sosa Juan, Sánchez-González Gilberto, Sámano-Sánchez Hugo, Aguilar-Salgado Andrés, Salinas-Rodríguez Aarón, Cortina-Ceballos Bernardo, Vivanco-Cid Héctor, Hernández-Flores Karina, Pfaff Jennifer M, Kahle Kristen M, Doranz Benjamin J, Gómez-Barreto Rosa Elena, Valdovinos-Torres Humberto, López-Martínez Irma, Rodriguez Mario H, Martínez-Barnetche Jesús
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BACKGROUND: The study of human B cell response to dengue virus (DENV) infection is critical to understand serotype-specific protection and the cross-reactive sub-neutralizing response. Whereas the first is beneficial and thus represents the ultimate goal of vaccination, the latter has been implicated in the development of severe disease, which occurs in a small, albeit significant, fraction of secondary DENV...
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