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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 172, 期 8, 页码 4717-4723出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.8.4717
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA16042] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL54580] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI21256] Funding Source: Medline
It has been hypothesized that B cell precursors that undergo programmed cell death due to nonproductive Ig gene rearrangements are cleared from the bone marrow by macrophages. However, a role for macrophages in this process is supported only by micrographs showing their association with apoptotic-appearing, B lineage cells. Functional data demonstrating phagocytosis of apoptotic, bone marrow lymphocytes by macrophages have not been presented, nor have receptors potentially involved in that process been identified. The data in this report demonstrate that macrophages isolated from murine bone marrow efficiently phagocytose apoptotic murine B lineage cells using multiple receptors that include CD14, integrins, class A scavenger receptor, and CD31 (PECAM-1). In addition, the results further reveal a new role for the hemopoietic microenvironment in B cell development in view of data demonstrating that murine bone marrow stromal cells are also capable of clearing apoptotic cells via an integrin-dependent mechanism.
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