Transforming growth factor beta is an important immunomodulatory protein for human B lymphocytes.
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- 15 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The American Association of Immunologists in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 137 (12), 3855-3860
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.137.12.3855
Abstract
The growth and differentiation of B cells to immunoglobulin (Ig)-secreting cells is regulated by a variety of soluble factors. This study presents datThis publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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