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SUBMITTER: Hikosaka M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5614669 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hikosaka Mari M Murata Akihiko A Yoshino Miya M Hayashi Shin-Ichi SI
Biochemistry and biophysics reports 20170419
Allergic conditions result in the increase of immunoglobulin (Ig)E-producing plasma cells (IgE-PCs); however, it is unclear how IgE production is qualitatively controlled. In this study, we found that IgE-PCs in spleen of immunized mice formed homotypic cell aggregates. By employing IgE-producing hybridomas (IgE-hybridomas) as a model of IgE-PCs, we showed that these cells formed aggregates in the presence of specific antigens (Ags). The formation of the Ag-induced cell aggregation involved secr ...[more]