A pre-B-II cell is a precursor B cell that expresses immunoglobulin mu heavy chain (IgHmu+), and lack expression of CD34, TdT, immunoglobulin kappa light chain and immunoglobulin lambda light chain. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9785673 GOC:rhs http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 GOC:dsd GOC:tfm ]
Synonyms: pre-BII cell pre-B-lymphocyte
Term information
- BTO:0001133
- CALOHA:TS-0819
pre-B-II cell are also reportedly CD19-positive, CD22-positive, CD38-positive, CD45-positive, and CD48-positive.
Term relations
- precursor B cell and lacks_part some DNA nucleotidylexotransferase and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some CD34 molecule and output of some immunoglobulin heavy chain V-D-J recombination