Novel regulators of the humoral immune response.
Activation of mature B cells to proliferation and terminal differentiation is a multistep process controlled mainly by macrophages and T cells. However, there is growing evidence that B cells and other factors can also regulate the humoral immune response. Here, Ferenc Uher, Eva Rajnavölgyi and Anna Erdei describe their work on the emerging role of regulatory interactions between subsets of B cells and their soluble products.
Uher
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Dept of Immunology, Loránd Eötvös, Hungary.
Rajnavölgyi
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Erdei
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A
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D001323:Autoantibodies; D003176:Complement C3; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D011961:Receptors, Fc