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B cell tolerance to a minor, but not to a major, antigenic surface of the self antigen, cytochrome c.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Sept 1998
Jemmerson R, Minnerath J M, Hedrick S M, Oehen S
Abstract excerpt
To study B cell tolerance to the mitochondrial protein cytochrome c (CYT), the B cell response to pigeon CYT (PCC) was examined in mice transgenic for PCC. PCC was coupled to OVA to provide T cell help, since PCC-specific T cells in PCC-transgenic mice are deleted in the thymus. The frequency of secondary B cells responding to the minor antigenic surface around residue 44 on PCC was decreased about 10-fold in...
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