immune system
• B cell development is partially blocked at the small pre-B cell stage
• cells are released from the bone marrow as B220+CD21/CD35+ B cells
• there is also a small population (0.8%) of B cells expressing Igbeta
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• many heavy chain antibodies produced by B cells in these mice lack the Ch1 exon
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• plasma cells secrete heavy-chain only IgG
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• reduced but detectable amounts of IgG antibody are found in the sera
• antibodies consist of heavy chain only homodimers
• antigen-specific IgG can be generated by several immunizations of OVA peptide
• these immunizations also result in increases to total IgG levels
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• IgM is not present in the sera
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hematopoietic system
• B cell development is partially blocked at the small pre-B cell stage
• cells are released from the bone marrow as B220+CD21/CD35+ B cells
• there is also a small population (0.8%) of B cells expressing Igbeta
|
• many heavy chain antibodies produced by B cells in these mice lack the Ch1 exon
|
• plasma cells secrete heavy-chain only IgG
|
• reduced but detectable amounts of IgG antibody are found in the sera
• antibodies consist of heavy chain only homodimers
• antigen-specific IgG can be generated by several immunizations of OVA peptide
• these immunizations also result in increases to total IgG levels
|
• IgM is not present in the sera
|