Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and
the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA School of Medicine,
10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
90095-1732, USA. kdorshki@mednet.ucla.edu
B cell maturation is affected by factors found in the microenvironment
of the bone marrow. A new tachykinin neuropeptide family member, HK-1, and
TSLP both seem to aid the pre-B cell stage.