Article
Identification of functional human splenic memory B cells by expression of CD148 and CD27.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 2 Nov 1998
Tangye S G, Liu Y J, Aversa G, Phillips J H, de Vries J E
Abstract excerpt
Memory B cells isolated from human tonsils are characterized by an activated cell surface phenotype, localization to mucosal epithelium, expression of somatically mutated immunoglobulin (Ig) variable (V) region genes, and a preferential differentiation into plasma cells in vitro. In spleens of bo...
Topics
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets
- B-Lymphocytes
- Base Sequence
- Biomarkers
- Cell Differentiation
- DNA Primers
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region
- Immunologic Memory
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
