Hypogammaglobulinemia in BLT humanized mice--an animal model of primary antibody deficiency.

Primary antibody deficiencies present clinically as reduced or absent plasma antibodies without another identified disorder that could explain the low immunoglobulin levels. Bone marrow-liver-thymus (BLT) humanized mice also exhibit primary antibody deficiency or hypogammaglobulinemia. Comprehensive...

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Main Authors: Francisco Martinez-Torres, Tomonori Nochi, Angela Wahl, J Victor Garcia, Paul W Denton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4182704?pdf=render