Stepwise B-cell-dependent expansion of T helper clonotypes diversifies the T-cell response

During an immune response, CD4+ T cell repertoire is thought to increase in avidity at the expense of diversity. Here the authors show that B cells act as antigen-presenting cells to boost the development of low-avidity T cell clones, diversifying the T cell repertoire at late stages of the response...

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Main Authors: Julia Merkenschlager, Mickaël J. Ploquin, Urszula Eksmond, Rakieb Andargachew, Georgina Thorborn, Andrew Filby, Marion Pepper, Brian Evavold, George Kassiotis
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/25bffa91449947648b99e2c787621c0f
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