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VH genes expressed in peripheral blood IgE-producing B cells from patients with atopic dermatitis.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Mar 1997
Tilgner J, Golembowski S, Kersten B, Sterry W, Jahn S
Abstract excerpt
In this study we analysed the VH genes expressed in IgE-producing peripheral B cells in two patients with severe atopic dermatitis. We found a diverse antibody repertoire containing V(H) genes of five different VH families, no VH2 and 7 genes, with no biased usage of one particular VH gene family. Some VH germ-line segments were found to be used several times within the epsilon transcripts (V3-23, V3-30)....
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