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SUBMITTER: Huang C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3604075 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature immunology 20130303 4
The transcription factor Bcl-6 orchestrates germinal center (GC) reactions through its actions in B cells and T cells and regulates inflammatory signaling in macrophages. Here we found that genetic replacement with mutated Bcl6 encoding Bcl-6 that cannot bind corepressors to its BTB domain resulted in disruption of the formation of GCs and affinity maturation of immunoglobulins due to a defect in the proliferation and survival of B cells. In contrast, loss of function of the BTB domain had no ef ...[more]