Follicular dendritic cells specifically express the long CR2/CD21 isoform

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Liu, YJ [1 ]
Xu, JC [1 ]
deBouteiller, O [1 ]
Parham, CL [1 ]
Grouard, G [1 ]
Djossou, O [1 ]
deSaintVis, B [1 ]
Lebecque, S [1 ]
Banchereau, J [1 ]
Moore, KW [1 ]
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[1] DNAX RES INST MOL & CELLULAR BIOL INC, PALO ALTO, CA 94304 USA
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10.1084/jem.185.1.165
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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This paper describes an antibody (mAb 7D6) that specifically recognizes human follicular dendritic cells (FDCs). By expression cloning, a cDNA clone encoding for the long human CR2/CD21 isoform (CD21L) that contains an additional exon (10a) was isolated. We demonstrated that FDCs selectively express CD21L, while B cells selectively express the short CR2/CD21 lacking exon 10a (CD21S). By screening mouse Ltk(-) cells transfected with the CD21L cDNA, we further showed that the other two anti-human FDC mAbs DRC-1 and KiM4 also recognize CD21L. Thus, CD21L represents the first characterized human FDC-specific molecule, which may confer unique functions of FDCs in germinal center development.
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