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Accession
GO:0001782
Name
B cell homeostasis
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
B lymphocyte homeostasis, B-cell homeostasis, B-lymphocyte homeostasis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The process of regulating the proliferation and elimination of B cells such that the total number of B cells within a whole or part of an organism is stable over time in the absence of an outside stimulus. Source: ISBN:0781735149, GOC:add, PMID:12956429
Comment
Note that this term represents the return of B cell levels to stable numbers following an immune response as well as the proliferation and elimination of B cells required to maintain stable numbers in the absence of an outside stimulus.
History
See term history for GO:0001782 at QuickGO
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Subset
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Parents of B cell homeostasis (GO:0001782)
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B cell homeostasis [RO:0012003 relation] RO:0012003  B cell (CL:0000236)
B cell homeostasis [is_a relation] is_a  lymphocyte homeostasis (GO:0002260)
Children of B cell homeostasis (GO:0001782)
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mature B cell apoptotic process (GO:0002901) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  B cell homeostasis
B-1 B cell homeostasis (GO:0001922) [is_a relation] is_a  B cell homeostasis
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