Antigen affinity and antigen dose exert distinct influences on CD4 T-cell differentiation

S Keck, M Schmaler, S Ganter, L Wyss… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
affinity antigens we were able to discern distinct influences of antigen affinity and antigen
dose on Th cell differentiation. … correlation between antigen affinity and Th1 differentiation that …

Visualizing the effects of antigen affinity on T‐dependent B‐cell differentiation

R Brink, TG Phan, D Paus… - Immunology and cell …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… these cases, antigen affinity may regulate entry into the early plasma cell compartment. Data
… importance of antigen affinity in the differentiation of plasma cells from GC B-cell precursors. …

Apoptosis and antigen affinity limit effector cell differentiation of a single naïve B cell

JJ Taylor, KA Pape, HR Steach, MK Jenkins - Science, 2015 - science.org
… naïve B cell could also be influenced by BCR affinity for antigen. … B cells to high-affinity (HEL)
or medium-affinity (DEL) antigens to … APC-specific B cells (Fig. 4, A and B), which like MD4 …

[PDF][PDF] T cell affinity regulates asymmetric division, effector cell differentiation, and tissue pathology

CG King, S Koehli, B Hausmann, M Schmaler, D Zehn… - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
… To investigate the effect of TCR affinity on SLEC differentiation in vivo, we examined the
expression of IL-7Ra and killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 (KLRG1) by flow cytometry. At the …

Antigen recognition strength regulates the choice between extrafollicular plasma cell and germinal center B cell differentiation

D Paus, TG Phan, TD Chan, S Gardam… - The Journal of …, 2006 - rupress.org
… Extrafollicular plasma cell differentiation is also … cell differentiation by initial antigen affinity
is indicative of a pivotal role for the BCR and its interaction with antigen in determining cell fate …

Affinity of antigen encounter and other early B-cell signals determine B-cell fate

MJ Benson, LD Erickson, MW Gleeson… - Current opinion in …, 2007 - Elsevier
… and, moreover, total signal strength (from complement receptors, CD40 and probably
others) to the naïve B cell is a determinant that controls the B-cell differentiation pathway and …

Role of antigen receptor affinity in T cell–independent antibody responses in vivo

TAY Shih, M Roederer, MC Nussenzweig - Nature immunology, 2002 - nature.com
… To examine how B cell receptor affinity affects clonal selection … with antibodies that showed
a 40-fold difference in affinity for … These cells differentiated into short-lived plasmacytes, as …

Antigen affinity controls rapid T-dependent antibody production by driving the expansion rather than the differentiation or extrafollicular migration of early plasmablasts

TD Chan, D Gatto, K Wood, T Camidge… - The Journal of …, 2009 - journals.aai.org
… Nevertheless, a clear picture of how early TD B cell differentiation is regulated awaits a
detailed analysis of the phenotypic and migrational changes that occur during this time. …

Affinity‐based selection and the germinal center response

TD Chan, R Brink - Immunological reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… but against low affinity and potentially self-reactive B cells … and how antigen affinity directs
the fate of each GC B cell via their … antigen affinity drives the plasma cell differentiation of high-…

A TCR affinity threshold regulates memory CD4 T cell differentiation following vaccination

CK Baumgartner, H Yagita… - The Journal of …, 2012 - journals.aai.org
… which low-affinity clonotypes … affinity threshold for memory CD4 T cell differentiation following
vaccination and suggests a role for nonapoptotic cell death in the regulation of CD4 T cell