transitional two stage B cell differentiation

I. Literature review

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Nametransitional two stage B cell differentiation
IDGO_0002334
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Biological process

Exact synonym

T2 stage B cell differentiation, transitional two stage B lymphocyte differentiation, transitional two stage B-cell differentiation, transitional two stage B-lymphocyte differentiation

Description

The process in which immature B cells from the bone marrow acquire the specialized features of T2 stage B cells in the spleen. T2 stage B cells express CD23 but not CD21.

Related synonym

transitional two stage B cell development

Comment

Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.

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