Antigen presentation to B cells

✍ Scribed by Marie H. Kosco

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 625 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0952-7915
• DOI: 10.1016/0952-7915(91)90034-x

✦ Synopsis

B lymphocytes encounter antigen within the body, which causes them to undergo clonal expansion, affinity maturation and differentiation to antibody-forming cells. How they come into contact with the immunogen, and the subsequent response induced is the subject of several recent reports.