Budget Amount *help |
¥19,760,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,560,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥7,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,800,000)
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Research Abstract |
Follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) capture and retain antigen for long period to activate cognate B cells, leading to germinal center formation. We established a novel method for FDCs isolation from lymphoid organs of naive mice. Surprisingly, analysis with this method showed that FDCs internalized capturing antigen via Fca/mR. Aa a result of this internalization, antigen amount on FDCs cells surface was decreased. These results suggested that Fca/mR regulates antigen amount on FDCs cell surface, leading to the regulation of B cells activation and germinal center formation.
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