2003
Reassessing the function of immune-complex retention by follicular dendritic cells
Haberman AM, Shlomchik MJ. Reassessing the function of immune-complex retention by follicular dendritic cells. Nature Reviews Immunology 2003, 3: 757-764. PMID: 12949499, DOI: 10.1038/nri1178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFollicular dendritic cellsDendritic cellsImmune complexesSurface of FDCsMemory B-cell maintenanceMemory B cell developmentB cell maintenanceGerminal center B cellsGerminal center developmentB cell proliferationAffinity maturationB cell recognitionB cellsB cell developmentPotential roleNon-specific mannerCellsClose associationMaturation
2000
Germinal Center Initiation, Variable Gene Region Hypermutation, and Mutant B Cell Selection without Detectable Immune Complexes on Follicular Dendritic Cells
Hannum L, Haberman A, Anderson S, Shlomchik M. Germinal Center Initiation, Variable Gene Region Hypermutation, and Mutant B Cell Selection without Detectable Immune Complexes on Follicular Dendritic Cells. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2000, 192: 931-942. PMID: 11015435, PMCID: PMC2193308, DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.7.931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodiesAntigen-Antibody ComplexB-LymphocytesDendritic Cells, FollicularFemaleGenes, ImmunoglobulinGerminal CenterHaptensImmunoglobulin lambda-ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, TransgenicMolecular Sequence DataNitrophenolsPhenylacetatesReceptors, Antigen, B-CellConceptsFollicular dendritic cellsDetectable immune complexesImmune complexesDendritic cellsImmune response