Article
Memory B lymphocytes migrate to bone marrow in humans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Jan 1997
Paramithiotis E, Cooper M D
Abstract excerpt
IgM-bearing B lymphocytes with mature phenotype (CD10- CD24(lo) IgD+) are acquired after birth in the bone marrow of humans. These B cells are defined here as relatively large, nondividing lymphocytes, variable proportions of which express cell surface molecules indicative of relatively recent ac...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Antibody-Producing Cells
- Antigens, CD
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets
- Base Sequence
- Bone Marrow
- Bone Marrow Cells
- Cell Movement
- Cloning, Molecular
- Fetus
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin D
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Immunoglobulin M
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region
- Immunologic Memory
- Molecular Sequence Data