• defect in proliferation in response to anti-IgM stimulation is much more severe than in Sfpi1tm1Sing wild-type Spibtm1Mcs homozygotes
• 2 to 3 fold reduction in B cell response to LPS although response to PMA and ionomycin is normal and response to anti-CD40 and IL4 is normal
• IgM cross-linking or pervanadate/H202 stimulation yields less than normal levels of tyrosine phosphorylation and IgM cross-linking also yields less calcium mobilization than normal
• normal levels of LYN, FYN, BLK, SYK, and BTK are found and in vitro kinase assays of enolase show normal kinase activity in B cells and BLNK, VAV, CD79A, and CD79B are expressed at normal levels with SYK co-precipitating with CD79, but tyrosine phosphorylation of BLNK and PLC gamma is decreased