Germinal centers: A second childhood for lymphocytes
- Author(s)
- Tarlinton, D;
- Details
- Publication Year 1997-03-01,Volume 7,Issue #3,Page R155-R159
- Journal Title
- CURRENT BIOLOGY
- Publication Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- Recent observations show that, in the peripheral lymphoid organs known as germinal centers, lymphocytes appear to regain the phenotypic and molecular traits of immature cells; this cellular regression may play an important role in the affinity maturation of immune responses.
- Publisher
- CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
- Keywords
- V(D)J RECOMBINATION; GENE CONVERSION; B-CELLS; MECHANISMS; TOLERANCE; RAG-2
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(97)70077-0
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Creation Date: 1997-03-01 12:00:00