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IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS
Volume 246, Issue -, Pages 254-271Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2012.01106.x
Keywords
NF-?B; B lymphocytes; BCR; function; development
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- NIH, National Institute on Aging (Baltimore, MD)
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NF-?B proteins were identified in the search for mechanisms that regulate B-lymphocyte-specific transcription of immunoglobulin ? light chain genes. Twenty-five years later, though the function of the ?B site in the enhancer remains enigmatic, NF-?B proteins have been shown to have important roles in B-cell development, maintenance, and function. In this review, we summarize the functions of NF-?B in B cells. An overview of B-cell biology that identifies stages in the life of B lymphocytes for the general reader is followed by three sections that examine the role of NF-?B family of proteins in B-cell development, mature B-cell survival and B-cell function. We endeavor throughout to suggest mechanisms and implications of the wide-ranging observations that have been made and conclude by highlighting the need to understand NF-?B-mediated gene expression in more depth.
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