Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Victor Peperzak
PROVIDER: E-NCMF-29 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Blood 20090716 11
In the germinal center (GC), B cells proliferate dramatically and diversify their immunoglobulin genes, which increases the risk of malignant transformation. The GC B-cell reaction relies on crosstalk with follicular dendritic cells (FDCs), to which the costimulatory receptor CD137 on FDCs and its ligand on GC B cells potentially contribute. We report that mice deficient for CD137 ligand (CD137L) are predisposed to develop B-cell lymphoma, with an incidence of approximately 60% at 12 months of a ...[more]