Levels of somatic hypermutations in B cell receptors increase during childhood

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 394-398

  Schatorje E J H ^a   Driessen, G J ^b   van Hout, R W N M ^c   van der Burg, M ^b   de Vries, E ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Memory B cell; Peripheral B cell development; Somatic hypermutation

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

EID: 84908219394     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cei.12419     Document Type: Article

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