ReviewSpringer seminars in immunopathology2001
Ligand-dependent and -independent processes in B-cell-receptor-mediated signaling.
Review in Springer seminars in immunopathology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- T cell receptor-independent basal signaling via Erk and Abl kinases suppresses RAG gene expression.PLoS biology · 2003Article
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Abstract
The B cell antigen receptor (BCR) is a protein complex expressed on the surface of immature and mature B cells. After ligand-induced aggregation, this complex generates signals that lead to a variety of biological outcomes, including survival, proliferation and differentiation. During B cell development intermediate forms of the BCR are expressed on the surface. The composition of these pro- and preBCR complexes reflects the ordered assembly of the BCR complex and they exist to generate signals for positive selection at defined developmental checkpoints. Because these receptors lack the ability to bind conventional ligands, the pro- and preBCR have been postulated to signal via ligand-independent processes. This ligand-independent or constitutive signal may also play a role in the survival of peripheral mature B cells. Here we discuss the evidence for ligand-independent functions for the BCR and postulate how it may be regulated and linked to biological processes associated with B cell development and survival.
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