Central B-cell tolerance: where selection begins
R Pelanda, RM Torres - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
… B-cell antigen receptor (BCR). Whereas the combination of Ig H and L chains determines the
antigenic … β allows transduction of a signal inside the cell that directs cell fate. Developing B …
antigenic … β allows transduction of a signal inside the cell that directs cell fate. Developing B …
Advances in understanding the formation and fate of B-cell memory in response to immunization or infection
L Kealy, KL Good-Jacobson - Oxford Open Immunology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… major routes for memory B cell and high-affinity long-lived plasma … Recent research has
aimed to determine whether BCR affinity has … They found that an affinity-based CD40 signal was …
aimed to determine whether BCR affinity has … They found that an affinity-based CD40 signal was …
Utilization of a photoactivatable antigen system to examine B-cell probing termination and the B-cell receptor sorting mechanisms during B-cell activation
… on F-actin remodeling but not on tonic BCR signaling. … We also determined the Brownian
diffusion coefficient of BCRs from the … Termination of B-cell probing is sensitive to the affinity …
diffusion coefficient of BCRs from the … Termination of B-cell probing is sensitive to the affinity …
Signaling in transitional type 2 B cells is critical for peripheral B‐cell development
TT Su, B Guo, B Wei, J Braun… - Immunological …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… B-cell fates, leading to specific physiologic consequences. … BCR affinities for these positively
selecting antigens will be … and BCR signaling in general, it is important to identify both the …
selecting antigens will be … and BCR signaling in general, it is important to identify both the …
Intrinsic properties of human germinal center B cells set antigen affinity thresholds
K Kwak, N Quizon, H Sohn, A Saniee… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
… have intrinsically higher-affinity thresholds for both B cell antigen receptor (BCR) signaling
and antigen gathering as … We determined whether naïve and GC B cells were able to discern …
and antigen gathering as … We determined whether naïve and GC B cells were able to discern …
Single-cell analysis of human B cell maturation predicts how antibody class switching shapes selection dynamics
… in GCs, antigen-binding and downstream signaling of the … may influence B cell survival or
fate specification during affinity … Second, we identify a transcriptionally distinct and clonally …
fate specification during affinity … Second, we identify a transcriptionally distinct and clonally …
Tuning B cell responses to antigens by cell polarity and membrane trafficking
F del Valle Batalla, AM Lennon-Dumenil… - Molecular immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
… antigens and their affinity to the BCR, the presence of co-stimulatory signals can significantly
modulate B cell … surface-tethered antigens and if so, can this determine how antigens are …
modulate B cell … surface-tethered antigens and if so, can this determine how antigens are …
Checkpoints in memory B‐cell evolution
LJ McHeyzer‐Williams, LP Malherbe… - Immunological …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… and consolidation of high affinity B-cell memory as it is … to ascertain the impact of different
adjuvants, antigen dose, … the impact of BCR signal strength as encountered on FDCs by …
adjuvants, antigen dose, … the impact of BCR signal strength as encountered on FDCs by …
Antigen-induced exclusion from follicles and anergy are separate and complementary processes that influence peripheral B cell fate
JG Cyster, CC Goodnow - Immunity, 1995 - cell.com
… establish that B cell follicular exclusion and rapid death in the Tzone is independent of anergy
but dependent on both continual antigen … the nature of signals that promote B cell survival …
but dependent on both continual antigen … the nature of signals that promote B cell survival …
B cells as effectors
MG McHeyzer-Williams - Current opinion in immunology, 2003 - Elsevier
… patterns of immune synapse formation to regulate B-cell fate. … antigen-driven selection
produce and preserve high-affinity … population that provides survival signals to antigen-specific B …
produce and preserve high-affinity … population that provides survival signals to antigen-specific B …