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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Immunol. 2012 Jan 3;30:357–392. doi: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-020711-075018

Figure 11.

Figure 11

SIAE may maintain clonal ignorance in B cells preventing the activation of weakly self-reactive B cells. Activation of weakly self-reactive B cells would permit T-B collaboration and consequent somatic mutation of the B cell, potentially making it strongly self-reactive.