Secondary receptor editing in the generation of autoimmunity.

Autoimmunity Reviews
Robert A Eisenberg

Abstract

Receptor editing is the process that replaces the heavy chain or light chain variable region genes in a B cell immunoglobulin receptor that is already productively rearranged. It is a major mechanism in the bone marrow for maintaining B cell tolerance to autoantigens. We propose that a pathological autoimmune process can use receptor editing to induce the de novo creation and activation of B cells with autoreactive receptors in the peripheral immune system.

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