Article
Comparable impact of mutational and selective influences in shaping the expressed repertoire of peripheral IgM+/CD5- and IgM+/CD5+ B cells.
European journal of immunology - 1 Feb 1998
Dörner T, Brezinschek H P, Foster S J, Brezinschek R I, Farner N L, Lipsky P E
Abstract excerpt
Somatic hypermutation and subsequent selection play a significant role in shaping the peripheral B cell repertoire. This repertoire is composed of CD5+ (5%) and CD5- B cells (95%) which are known to traffic through different lymphoid compartments. Previous studies have shown that V(H) gene usage...
Topics
- Adenine
- Adult
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets
- CD5 Antigens
- Codon
- Cytosine
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain
- Guanine
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Immunoglobulin Joining Region
- Immunoglobulin M
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region
