M6P deficiency leaves B cells out of sorts
Monday, January 19, 2015 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
A group of white blood cells known as B cells, which play a key role in the human immune response, need a protein-targeting signal called mannose 6-phosphate (M6P) in order to proliferate, differentiate, and present immune cell-activating antigens, according to a study in The Journal of Cell Biology.