B-cell development in the gut

Mark Schlissel ()
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Mark Schlissel: Cell Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.

Nature, 2013, vol. 501, issue 7465, 42-43

Abstract: B cells arise in the bone marrow and go on to produce antibodies that protect against microbial infection. Surprisingly, it seems that B-cell development also occurs in the gut, where it is stimulated by resident microbes. See Letter p.112

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nature12551

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