Figure 1

Three different B-cell compartments isolated by LCM. Frozen sections of reactive tonsils or spleens were fixed, and a consecutive section was immunostained for CD3 to guide the dissection. The three B-cell compartments (GC, MNZ and MGZ) were isolated using LCM with the Arcturus PixCell II system (Arcturus Engineering, Mountain View, CA). Cells were captured at the 15-μm with laser set to pulse at 60 mW for 200 ms. The GC and MNZ were clearly recognizable, and the MGZ was obtained from a spleen with a morphologically clearly defined MGZ. Only well-defined GC, MNZ and MGZ were dissected to avoid contamination.