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Identification and Analysis of Mouse Erythroid Progenitors using the CD71/TER119 Flow-cytometric Assay
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Two different rheumatoid factor-producing cell populations distinguished by the mouse erythrocyte receptor and
Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
|January 1, 1983
Abstract:
The subsets of human peripheral blood B lymphocytes from which Epstein Barr virus- (EBV) and pokeweed mitogen- (PWM) induced IgM anti-IgG autoantibody-producing B cells arise have been compared. EBV-induced IgM anti-IgG autoantibodies preferentially derive from a subset of B cells that forms rosettes with mouse erythrocytes. In contrast, PWM-induced IgM anti-IgG antibodies preferentially arise from a B cell subset lacking the mouse erythrocyte receptor.
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