B-1a B cell differentiation

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NameB-1a B cell differentiation
IDGO_0002337
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Biological process

Exact synonym

B-1a B lymphocyte differentiation, B-1a B-cell differentiation, B-1a B-lymphocyte differentiation

Description

The process in which B cells acquire the specialized features of B-1a B cells. B-1a B cells are B-1 cells that express CD5 and arise from fetal liver precursors.

Related synonym

B-1a 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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