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plasmablast

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plasmablast /plas·ma·blast/ (-blast) the immature precursor of a plasma cell.
plas·ma·blast (plzm-blst)
n.
The stem cell of a plasma cell.

plasmablast [plaz´mah-blast]
the immature precursor of a plasmacyte, or plasma cell.

plasmablast
the immature precursor of a plasmacyte, or plasma cell.


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The characteristic features are interfollicular plasmablasts that express the HHV8 latent nuclear antigen (LANA).
As it was noted that in HIV-associated MCD, KSHV infects mu/lambdarestricted plasmablasts located in the mantle zone (and importantly, such cells express the CD20 surface antigen), separate reports regarding 12 patients treated with rituximab have appeared in the literature over the last 6 years.
[1] For the plasmacytic cell series, experts recommended that the terms plasmablast, proplasmacyte, and plasmacyte identify these cells.
 
 
 
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