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SUBMITTER: Chen G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1899947 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Grace G Dimitriou Ioannis D ID La Rose Jose J Ilangumaran Subburaj S Yeh Wen-Chen WC Doody Gina G Turner Martin M Gommerman Jennifer J Rottapel Robert R
Molecular and cellular biology 20070205 8
3BP2 is a pleckstrin homology domain- and Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing adapter protein that is mutated in the rare human bone disorder cherubism and which has also been implicated in immunoreceptor signaling. However, a function for this protein has yet to be established. Here we show that mice lacking 3BP2 exhibited a perturbation in the peritoneal B1 and splenic marginal-zone B-cell compartments and diminished thymus-independent type 2 antigen response. 3BP2(-/-) B cells demonstrated ...[more]