Ex-vivo clonally expanded B lymphocytes infiltrating colorectal carcinoma are of mature immunophenotype and produce functional IgG.

BACKGROUND: Tumor infiltrating B cells (TiBc) have not yet been investigated in detail. This may at least in part be due to technical difficulties. Here we describe a straightforward and reproducible method to isolate and culture TiBc from primary colorectal carcinomas (CRC). METHODS/RESULTS: TiBc c...

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Main Authors: Claudia Maletzki, Annika Jahnke, Christiane Ostwald, Ernst Klar, Friedrich Prall, Michael Linnebacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3290587?pdf=render