A mechanism of T cell dependent selection of antigen engaged Germinal Center B cells.

A model of B cell affinity selection is proposed, and an explanation of peripheral tolerance mechanisms through antibody repertoire editing is presented. We show that affinity discrimination between B cells is driven by a competition between obtaining T cell help and removal of B cells from the ligh...

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Main Authors: Vinod Krishna, Kurtis E Bachman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6107130?pdf=render