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Human immunoglobulin (IgG) induced deletion of IgM rheumatoid factor B cells in transgenic mice.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Feb 1995
Tighe H, Heaphy P, Baird S, Weigle W O, Carson D A
Abstract excerpt
The singular ability of immunoglobulin genes to hypermutate their variable regions, while permitting the generation of high-affinity antibodies against foreign antigens, poses a problem in terms of maintenance of immunological self-tolerance. Immunoglobulin gene hypermutation driven by a foreign antigen has the potential to generate antibodies that cross-react with self-components. Consequently, there must exist...
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