Splenic lymph follicles generate immunoglobulin M‐producing B cells in primary biliary cirrhosis

To reveal the site of immunoglobulin (Ig)M production in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) we performed immunohistochemical analysis on spleens collected from patients with PBC.

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