The antigen processing pathway in B lymphocytes

Autor: C, Watts, P A, Reid, M A, West, H W, Davidson
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Seminars in immunology. 2(4)
ISSN: 1044-5323
Popis: Monovalent antigen bound to membrane immunoglobulin on human B lymphoblastoid cells is endocytosed through coated pits and passes sequentially from a site which actively recycles membrane to the cell surface and then to a proteolytically active processing site. A high affinity of immunoglobulin for antigen precludes antigen dissociation following endocytosis and results in the processing of an antigen/Ig complex yielding an epitope-specific pattern of processing. Processing of the immunoglobulin also occurs and is enhanced by occupancy with monovalent antigen.
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