Spontaneous production of immunoglobulin M in human epithelial cancer cells.

It is well known that B-1 B cells are the main cell type that is responsible for the production of natural immunoglobulin M (IgM) and can respond to infection by increasing IgM secretion. However, we unexpectedly found that some epithelial cells also can express rearranged IgM transcript that has na...

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Main Authors: Fanlei Hu, Li Zhang, Jie Zheng, Ling Zhao, Jing Huang, Wenwei Shao, Qinyuan Liao, Teng Ma, Li Geng, C Cameron Yin, Xiaoyan Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3520907?pdf=render