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Regulation of B-Cell Populations

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Cell Kinetics of the Inflammatory Reaction

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Pathology ((CT PATHOLOGY,volume 79))

Abstract

B cells carry antigen-specific receptors in the form of surface-bound immunoglobulin, which has a uniform antigen-binding capacity for any one B cell. As the body has the potential to produce specific antibodies in response to a vast range of antigens, it follows that it must have a correspondingly large number of B cells bearing the appropriate immunoglobulin.

Unpublished work of the authors described in this chapter was supported by an MRC programme grant.

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MacLennan, I.C.M., Oldfield, S., Liu, YJ., Lane, P.J.L. (1989). Regulation of B-Cell Populations. In: Iversen, O.H. (eds) Cell Kinetics of the Inflammatory Reaction. Current Topics in Pathology, vol 79. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73855-5_3

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