Changes in B Cell Pool of Patients With Multibacillary Leprosy: Diminished Memory B Cell and Enhanced Mature B in Peripheral Blood
Despite being treatable, leprosy still represents a major public health problem, and many mechanisms that drive leprosy immunopathogenesis still need to be elucidated. B cells play important roles in immune defense, being classified in different subgroups that present distinct roles in the immune re...
Main Authors: | Otto Castro Nogueira, Mariana Gandini, Natasha Cabral, Vilma de Figueiredo, Rodrigo Nunes Rodrigues-da-Silva, Josué da Costa Lima-Junior, Roberta Olmo Pinheiro, Geraldo Moura Batista Pereira, Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani, Cristiana Santos de Macedo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.727580/full |
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