Dependence of Immunoglobulin Class Switch Recombination in B Cells on Vesicular Release of ATP and CD73 Ectonucleotidase Activity

Immunoglobulin (Ig) isotype diversification by class switch recombination (CSR) is an essential process for mounting a protective humoral immune response. Ig CSR deficiencies in humans can result from an intrinsic B cell defect; however, most of these deficiencies are still molecularly undefined an...

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Main Authors: Francesca Schena, Stefano Volpi, Caterina Elisa Faliti, Federica Penco, Spartaco Santi, Michele Proietti, Ursula Schenk, Gianluca Damonte, Annalisa Salis, Marta Bellotti, Franco Fais, Claudya Tenca, Marco Gattorno, Hermann Eibel, Marta Rizzi, Klaus Warnatz, Marco Idzko, Cemil Korcan Ayata, Mirzokhid Rakhmanov, Thierry Galli, Alberto Martini, Marco Canossa, Fabio Grassi, Elisabetta Traggiai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-06-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124713002398