Naive B cell
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Naive B cell
A naive B cell is a B cell that has not been exposed to an antigen. Once exposed, it becomes a memory B cell, the first step in developing learned immunity to an infectious agent.[1][2]
References
- ^ Airoldi I, Raffaghello L, Cocco C, et al. (January 2004). "Heterogeneous expression of interleukin-18 and its receptor in B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders deriving from naive, germinal center, and memory B lymphocytes". Clin. Cancer Res. 10 (1 Pt 1): 144–54. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-1026-3. PMID 14734463. http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/10/1/144.full.
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