Interferon γ-producing γδ T cell-dependent antibody isotype switching in the absence of germinal center formation during virus infection

KJ Maloy, B Odermatt, H Hengartner… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
IFN-γ drastically reduced the levels of VSV-neutralizing IgG. Our results suggest that the IFN-γ
… either an irrelevant antigen (LCMV-NP) or IFN-γ, together with UV-inactivated VSV, did not …

Interferon-γ excess leads to pathogenic accumulation of follicular helper T cells and germinal centers

SK Lee, DG Silva, JL Martin, A Pratama, X Hu… - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
… Overactivity of the germinal center (GC) pathway resulting … identifed posttranscriptional
repression of interferon-γ (Ifng) … Ifng mRNA decay caused excessive IFN-γ signaling in T cells and …

B cell IFN-γ receptor signaling promotes autoimmune germinal centers via cell-intrinsic induction of BCL-6

SW Jackson, HM Jacobs, T Arkatkar, EM Dam… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - rupress.org
IFN and IFN-γ in lupus pathogenesis. Surprisingly, despite prominent effects of type 1 IFN
on B cell activation in vitro, a lack of B cell type 1 IFN … a marked expansion of IFN-γ–producing …

IFN-γ receptor and STAT1 signaling in B cells are central to spontaneous germinal center formation and autoimmunity

PP Domeier, SB Chodisetti, C Soni, SL Schell… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - rupress.org
… In this study, we report that B cell–intrinsic IFN-γ receptor (IFN-γR) and STAT1 … IFN-γR and
STAT1 signaling control Spt-GC and Tfh cell formation by driving T-bet expression and IFN-γ

The AIDS disease of CD4C/HIV transgenic mice shows impaired germinal centers and autoantibodies and develops in the absence of IFN-γ and IL-6

J Poudrier, X Weng, DG Kay, G Paré, EL Calvo… - Immunity, 2001 - cell.com
The mechanisms responsible for degeneration of germinal centers (GC) and follicular dendritic
cell (FDC) networks during progression to AIDS remain elusive. Here, we show that CD4 …

Germinal centers

ICM MacLennan - Annual review of immunology, 1994 - annualreviews.org
… Other studies have also provided evidence for somatic mutation in germinal center cells
by isolating germinal center cells from dissociated lymphoid tissues on the basis of their …

Developing connections amongst key cytokines and dysregulated germinal centers in autoimmunity

RA Sweet, SK Lee, CG Vinuesa - Current opinion in immunology, 2012 - Elsevier
… -21, IFN-γ, IL-… germinal center reactions that lead to pathogenic autoantibody formation.
Here we review recent discoveries into the roles of IL-21, IFN-γ, IL-6, and IL-17 in germinal center

Cytokine expression by germinal center cells.

AW Butch, GH Chung, JW Hoffmann… - Journal of immunology …, 1993 - journals.aai.org
Germinal centers (GC) primarily consist of B cells along with a small number of T cells (5
to 10%) and follicular dendritic cells (FDC) (51%). Although extensive Ag-driven B cell …

Human non-germinal center B cell interleukin (IL)-12 production is primarily regulated by T cell signals CD40 ligand, interferon γ, and IL-10: role of B cells in the …

JL Schultze, S Michalak, J Lowne, A Wong… - The Journal of …, 1999 - rupress.org
… IgD ± non-germinal center (non-GC) B cells. CD40 ligation and interferon (IFN)-γ exhibited
synergistic … Blockade of CD40 and/or IL-12 during T–B interaction significantly reduced IFN-γ

Galectin-3 deficiency drives lupus-like disease by promoting spontaneous germinal centers formation via IFN-γ

CG Beccaria, MC Amezcua Vesely… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
… This study reveals Gal-3 as a key factor in the development of IFN-γ-mediated lupus-like …
serum IFN-γ and increased numbers of IFN-γ-producing cells in Gal-3 KO mice. Increased IFN-γ