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Germinal centers: a second childhood for lymphocytes
1Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria 3050, Australia.
Current Biology : CB
|March 1, 1997
Recent observations show that, in the peripheral lymphoid organs known as germinal centers, lymphocytes appear to regain the phenotypic and molecular traits of immature cells; this cellular regression may play an important role in the affinity maturation of immune responses.
Recent observations show that, in the peripheral lymphoid organs known as germinal centers, lymphocytes appear to regain the phenotypic and molecular traits of immature cells; this cellular regression may play an important role in the affinity maturation of immune responses.