HEAVY-CHAIN DIRECTED B-CELL MATURATION - CONTINUOUS CLONAL SELECTION BEGINNING AT THE PRE-B-CELL STAGE

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SCHWARTZ, RS [1 ]
STOLLAR, BD [1 ]
机构
[1] TUFTS UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT BIOCHEM, BOSTON, MA 02111 USA
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IMMUNOLOGY TODAY | 1994年 / 15卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0167-5699(94)90022-1
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
A number of laboratories have demonstrated a biased representation of certain V-region segments in the primary B-cell repertoire. This may reflect clonal selection at the pre-B cell stage of differentiation. Here, Robert Schwartz and David Stollar suggest that pre-B cells undergo positive selection directed by the presence of surface heavy chain with low affinity to autoantigen. This mechanism would account for the anti-self property of the pre-immune B-cell repertoire.
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