title: Two lymphoid roads diverge--but does antigen bade B cells to take the road less traveled?
abstract: The contribution of a self-antigen to marginal-zone B lymphocytes is described in this issue (). Other interpretations of these important findings are considered here.
authors.forename: Shiv
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pillai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D019070:Cell Lineage / Q000276:immunology*; D017637:Clonal Deletion / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens