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SMS2 deficiency impairs PKCδ-regulated B cell tolerance in the germinal center.
Cell reports - 31 Aug 2021
Ou Peiqi, Stanek Albert, Huan Zack, Roman Christopher A J, Huan Chongmin
Abstract excerpt
B cell tolerance prevents autoimmunity by deleting or deactivating autoreactive B cells that otherwise may cause autoantibody-driven disorders, including systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). Lupus is characterized by immunoglobulin Gs carrying a double-stranded (ds)-DNA autospecificity derived mainly from somatic hypermutation in the germinal center (GC), pointing to a checkpoint breach of GC B cell tolerance...
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