Molecular single-cell analysis reveals that CD5-positive peripheral blood B cells in healthy humans are characterized by rearranged V(κ) genes lacking somatic mutation

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1667-1676

  Fischer, Matthias ^a   Klein, Ulf ^a   Küppers, Ralf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

B1 cells; CD5; Single cell PCR; Somatic hypermutation; Variable region genes

Indexed keywords

CD5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030923556     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119691     Document Type: Article

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