B cells – ontogenesis and immune memory development
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B cells - ontogenesis and immune memory development.
Functional diversity in the distinct developmental stages as well as anti-pathogen effectiveness and memory functionality make B cells unique and attractive object of physiology studies of the immune system. B cells are produced throughout the life of an organism, originate from the hematopoietic stem cells before birth and continue to differentiate to terminal stages. Over the past decade, the...
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عنوان ژورنال: General Physiology and Biophysics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0231-5882
DOI: 10.4149/gpb_2011_01_1