Innate B cells: oxymoron or validated concept?
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Innate B cells: oxymoron or validated concept?
B lymphocytes promote the initial innate interferon response to viral pathogens without the need for antigen receptor activation. B cell dependent IFN production requires the cytokine, lymphotoxin-β. The LTβ pathway is well known to regulate lymphoid organogenesis and homeostasis by differentiating stromal cells and macrophages. However, in response to viral pathogens these same B cell-regulate...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: F1000Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2046-1402
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.1-8.v1