Roles for BLyS family members in meeting the distinct homeostatic demands of innate and adaptive B cells
B-1 and B-2 B cell populations have different progenitors, receptor diversity, anatomic location, and functions -- suggesting vastly difffering requisites for homeostatic regulation. There is evidence that the BLyS family of cytokines and receptors, key factors in the homeostatic regulation of B-2...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00037/full |