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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Santi Suryani
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17186 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Blood 20091117 3
The transitional stage of B-cell development represents an important step where autoreactive cells are deleted, allowing the generation of a mature functional B-cell repertoire. In mice, 3 subsets of transitional B cells have been identified. In contrast, most studies of human transitional B cells have focused on a single subset defined as CD24(hi)CD38(hi) B cells. Here, we have identified 2 subsets of human transitional B cells based on the differential expression of CD21. CD21(hi) transitional ...[more]