| Literature DB >> 21136202 |
Masayuki Kuraoka1, Laurie McWilliams, Garnett Kelsoe.
Abstract
Expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) by germinal center (GC) B cells drives the processes of immunoglobulin (Ig) somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR) necessary for the generation of high affinity IgG serum antibody and the memory B-cell compartment. Increasing evidence indicates that AID is also expressed at low levels in developing B cells but to date, this early, developmentally regulated AID expression has no known function. Does the timing and extent of AID expression in developmentally immature, non-GC B cells provide clues to reveal its physiologic role?Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21136202 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-010-8185-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunol Res ISSN: 0257-277X Impact factor: 2.829