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B Cell Antigen Processing

B Cell Antigen Processing is a specialized immunological mechanism within antigen processing whereby B cells internalize, degrade, and present extracellular antigens via major histocompatibility complex class II molecules to CD4+ T helper cells, distinguishing it from dendritic or macrophage antigen processing by its antigen-specific receptor-mediated uptake and role in adaptive humoral immunity.

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B cells acquire antigen from target cells after synapse formation

Facundo D. Batista, Dagmar Iber, Michael S. Neuberger · Nature · 2001 · 624 citations

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Follicular shuttling of marginal zone B cells facilitates antigen transport

Guy Cinamon, Marcus Zachariah, Olivia M Lam et al. · Nature Immunology · 2007 · 531 citations

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Conversion of mature B cells into T cells by dedifferentiation to uncommitted progenitors

César Cobaleda, Wolfram Jochum, Meinrad Busslinger · Nature · 2007 · 497 citations

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A Role for Lipid Rafts in B Cell Antigen Receptor Signaling and Antigen Targeting

Paul C. Cheng, Michelle Dykstra, Richard N. Mitchell et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1999 · 476 citations · Full text

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Dendritic Cells Interact Directly with Naive B Lymphocytes to Transfer Antigen and Initiate Class Switching in a Primary T-Dependent Response

Michelle Wykes, Ana Pombo, Chris Jenkins et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1998 · 462 citations · Full text

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    Susan K. Pierce

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States

    14 publications · 1.4K citations

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    H M Grey

    Cytel (United States), United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Robert W. Chesnut

    Cytel (United States), United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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    James R. Drake

    Albany Medical Center Hospital, United States

    6 publications · 228 citations

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    Alexander Shimabukuro‐Vornhagen

    University Hospital Cologne, Germany

    5 publications · 130 citations

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  1. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    17 h-index

    50 publications

    4.7K citations

  2. University of Colorado Denver

    Denver, United States

    14 h-index

    49 publications

    8K citations

  3. National Jewish Health

    Denver, United States

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    10 h-index

    31 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Inserm

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    7 h-index

    32 publications

    5.3K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    31 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    689 citations

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  1. The Journal of Immunology

    JI · 55 publications · 4.9K citations

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  2. European Journal of Immunology

    EJI · 17 publications · 486 citations

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  3. Blood

    14 publications · 966 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 15 publications · 531 citations

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  5. Cellular Immunology

    13 publications · 327 citations

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