Human CD27+ memory B cells colonize a superficial follicular zone in the palatine tonsils with similarities to the spleen. A multicolor immunofluorescence study of lymphoid tissue

• Marie Lettau,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2666-7033

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• Annika Wiedemann,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0013-6579

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• Eva Vanessa Schrezenmeier,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany, Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Claudia Giesecke-Thiel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia Giesecke-Thiel, Thomas Dörner

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Formerly at the Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5927-7018

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• Thomas Dörner

  Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia Giesecke-Thiel, Thomas Dörner

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: thomas.doerner@charite.de

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany

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