follicular B cell differentiation

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0002316

The process in which a B cell in the spleen acquires the specialized features of a follicular B cell. Follicular B cells are major population of mature recirculating B cells in the spleen and are located in the B-cell follicle region. [ GOC:jal http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: follicular B lymphocyte differentiation, follicular B-lymphocyte differentiation, follicular B-cell differentiation

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Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.

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follicular B cell development

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biological_process

GO:0002316

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Equivalent to:

cell differentiation and results in acquisition of features of some follicular B cell

Subclass of:

mature B cell differentiation involved in immune response
results in acquisition of features of some follicular B cell