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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Anatoly Rubtsov
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-28887 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Rubtsov Anatoly V AV Rubtsova Kira K Fischer Aryeh A Meehan Richard T RT Gillis Joann Z JZ Kappler John W JW Marrack Philippa P
Blood 20110504 5
Females are more susceptible than males to many autoimmune diseases. The processes causing this phenomenon are incompletely understood. Here, we demonstrate that aged female mice acquire a previously uncharacterized population of B cells that we call age-associated B cells (ABCs) and that these cells express integrin α(X) chain (CD11c). This unexpected population also appears in young lupus-prone mice. On stimulation, CD11c(+) B cells, both from autoimmune-prone and healthy strains of mice, secr ...[more]