Quantitative analysis of molecules which distinguish functional compartments within germinal centers.

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Five zones in the secondary follicles of human tonsils are described, which are distinguished by the phenotype of their constituent cells. Moving from the apex to the base of the follicle the zones are termed: follicular mantle, outer zone, apical light zone, basal light zone and dark zone. The dark zone contains proliferating, CD77high, centroblasts and thin, widely spaced processes of follicular dendritic cells...

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