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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 173))

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Similar to γ/δ T cells in the T cell compartment, CD5 (Lyl) B cells represent a small subset of peripheral B cells which are thought to be involved in the maintenance of natural immunity. In this paper we discuss the main characteristics of CD5 B cells to compare them to those of γ/δ T cells. For this purpose, we focus mainly on the timepoint of CD5 B cell generation in ontogeny and on the antibody repertoire expressed by these cells.

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Förster, I., Gu, H., Müller, W., Schmitt, M., Tarlinton, D., Rajewsky, K. (1991). CD5 B Cells in the Mouse. In: Pfeffer, K., Heeg, K., Wagner, H., Riethmüller, G. (eds) Function and Specificity of γ/δ T Cells. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 173. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76492-9_35

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