Common variable immunodeficiency patients with increased CD21 -/lo B cells suffer from altered receptor editing and defective central B-cell tolerance

Blood

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 5977-5978

  Ng, Yen Shing ^a   Cunningham Rundles, Charlotte ^b   Meffre, Eric ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 82155184441     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-09-373969     Document Type: Letter

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