Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 8, 2026

Generation of Human CD40-activated B cells
Published on: October 17, 2009
Regulation of B cell growth and differentiation via CD21 and CD40
K Axcrona1, D Gray, T Leanderson
1Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, Sweden. Karol.Axcrona@immuno.lu.se
Abstract:
Stimulation in vitro of murine splenic B cells by lipopolysaccharide, anti-kappa Sepharose, anti-CD40 or allo-reactive T helper cells all up-regulated CD21 and CD23 surface expression. Neither anti-CD21 nor anti-CD23 antibodies induced B cell growth or differentiation when added in soluble form or coupled to Sepharose. However, anti-CD40-stimulated B cells showed increased proliferation in the presence of anti-CD21 antibodies coupled to Sepharose; co-stimulation via CD21 also induced differentiation to immunoglobulin secretion in a fraction of anti-CD40-stimulated B cells. Furthermore, anti-CD40 antibodies inhibited differentiation to immunoglobulin secretion induced by lipopolysaccharide and, hence, appears to be a dominant negative signal for B cell differentiation.
Related Concept Videos
Negative Regulator Molecules
Inhibition of Cdk Activity
Mitogens and the Cell Cycle
Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Molecular Factors Affecting Cell Division
Several proteins function as internal regulators to ensure each cell cycle stage is completed faithfully before proceeding to the next. Regulator molecules may act directly or influence the activity or production of other...
T Cell Activation and Clonal Selection
Naive T cells that have not yet encountered an antigen express two primary CD...

