B cell activation by cytomegalovirus.
Open Access
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 158 (6) , 2171-2176
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.158.6.2171
Abstract
Human cytomegalovirus is shown to be a nonspecific polyclonal B cell activator. The B cell response is independent of virus replication and requires little, if any, T cell help.Keywords
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