Molecular regulation of peripheral B cells and their progeny in immunity

MR Boothby, E Hodges, JW Thomas - Genes & development, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
among subsets of B lymphocytes and plasma cells. … SOCE in regulating IL-10 production
by B cells and their plasmablast or … of extrafollicular plasma cells that produce antigen-binding …

Positive selection of IgG+ over IgM+ B cells in the germinal center reaction

C Sundling, AWY Lau, K Bourne, C Young, C Laurianto… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
… of GC B cells into plasma cells. Because plasma cells secrete antibodies that are soluble
copies of the BCR, the ongoing SHM and selection of GC B cells expressing high-affinity BCRs …

B cell activation and response regulation during viral infections

JH Lam, FL Smith, N Baumgarth - Viral immunology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
… wave of rapidly secreted antibodies from extrafollicular (EF) … B-1 cells through BCR-mediated
self-antigen recognition. In … of genes known to regulate plasma cells, such as Blimp1 and …

Non-apoptotic FAS signaling controls mTOR activation and extrafollicular maturation in human B cells

J Staniek, T Kalina, G Andrieux, M Boerries… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
… to favor EF versus GC fate decision, and we found enhanced … IgG3 isotype, and a broader
antigen recognition profile (11). The … Hyperactivation of mTOR promotes rapid plasma cell

Plasma cells: You are what you eat

L D'Souza, D Bhattacharya - Immunological reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… and non-transcriptionally regulated metabolic pathways. We … in mice showing that
antigen-specific plasma cell numbers in the … mostly localized to the extrafollicular regions of …

MicroRNA-155 is essential for the optimal proliferation and survival of plasmablast B cells

G Arbore, T Henley, L Biggins, S Andrews… - Life Science …, 2019 - life-science-alliance.org
… Here, we show that miR-155 regulates the early expansion … a B-cell–intrinsic manner, by
tracking antigen-specific B cells in … B cells in vivo at critical stages of the extrafollicular response. …

B-cell memory responses to variant viral antigens

HN White - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
… Upon activation B-cells then up-regulate chemo-attractant … B-cells can develop directly as
an extra-follicular (EF) … affinity, or proliferated significantly compared to plasma cells produced …

Heparan sulfate regulates IL-21 bioavailability and signal strength that control germinal center B cell selection and differentiation

Z Chen, Y Cui, Y Yao, B Liu, J Yunis, X Gao… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
cell clones with high affinity for pathogen or vaccine antigens … suggesting that the choice
between ASC differentiation and … to direct cell cycle reentry versus cell cycle exit for plasma cell

Cross-reactivity with self-antigen tunes the functional potential of naive B cells specific for foreign antigens

HR Steach, BL DeBuysscher, A Schwartz… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
… with self-antigen is a common feature of populations of naive B cells specific for foreign
Ags and a moderate level of cross-reactivity primes individual cells for optimal proliferative …

TFH cells in bystander and cognate interactions with B cells

Z Wan, Y Lin, Y Zhao, H Qi - Immunological reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
among GC B cells to determine the outcome of affinity maturation, and regulate GC output of
memory and plasma cells to shape … -presenting cells in an antigen recognition- and contact-…