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ReviewImmunologic research2006

From B cell to plasma cell: regulation of V(D)J recombination and antibody secretion.

Lisa Borghesi, Christine Milcarek

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Review in Immunologic research, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lisa BorghesiDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. borghesi@pitt.edu
Christine Milcarek
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B cell development culminates in the formation of plasma cells, potent secretors of the immunoglobulins (Ig), proteins crucial for the health of the organism. Two distinctive and crucial steps are required during B cell differentiation. First, variable gene segments encoding the antigen-binding region of Ig undergo directed rearrangement through a process known as V(D)J recombination. Second, alternative processing of the Ig heavy chain mRNA transcript enables plasma cells to secrete high levels of Ig protein. This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms that control V(D)J recombination in B cell progenitors and alternative RNA processing in plasma cells.

Indexed as

Antibody FormationAlternative SplicingB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationGene Rearrangement, B-LymphocyteHumansImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsPlasma CellsRNA, MessengerImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID17337763
OpenAlexW1993469659

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Registered trials

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