Antigen recognition strength regulates the choice between extrafollicular plasma cell and germinal center B cell differentiation

B cells responding to T-dependent antigen either differentiate rapidly into extrafollicular plasma cells or enter germinal centers and undergo somatic hypermutation and affinity maturation. However, the physiological cues that direct B cell differentiation down one pathway versus the other are unkno...

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Main Authors: Paus, Didrik, Phan, Tri Giang, Chan, Tyani D., Gardam, Sandra, Basten, Antony, Brink, Robert
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 2006
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2118299/