interleukin-4-dependent isotype switching to IgE isotypes

id: GO:0035708
name: interleukin-4-dependent isotype switching to IgE isotypes
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The switching of activated B cells from IgM biosynthesis to IgE biosynthesis, accomplished through a recombination process involving an intrachromosomal deletion between switch regions that reside 5' of the IgM and IgE constant region gene segments in the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus, that is dependent on the activity of interleukin 4 (IL-4).

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