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germinal center B cell
- Term ID
- CL:0000844
- Synonyms
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- GC B cell
- GC B lymphocyte
- GC B-cell
- GC B-lymphocyte
- germinal center B lymphocyte
- germinal center B-cell
- germinal center B-lymphocyte
- Definition
- A rapidly cycling mature B cell that has distinct phenotypic characteristics and is involved in T-dependent immune responses and located typically in the germinal centers of lymph nodes. This cell type expresses Ly77 after activation. (3)
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