Activated GL7+ B cells are maintained within the inflamed CNS in the absence of follicle formation during viral encephalomyelitis

KD DiSano, SA Stohlman, CC Bergmann - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2017 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) inflammation associated with viral infection and autoimmune
disease results in the accumulation of B cells in various differentiation stages. However, the …

Progression From IgD+ IgM+ to Isotype-Switched B Cells Is Site Specific during Coronavirus-Induced Encephalomyelitis

TW Phares, KD DiSano, SA Stohlman… - Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Various infections in the central nervous system (CNS) trigger B cell accumulation; however,
the relative dynamics between viral replication and alterations in distinct B cell subsets are …

Protective humoral immunity in the central nervous system requires peripheral CD19-dependent germinal center formation following coronavirus encephalomyelitis

JR Atkinson, CC Bergmann - Journal of virology, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT B cell subsets with phenotypes characteristic of naive, non-isotype-switched,
memory (Bmem) cells and antibody-secreting cells (ASC) accumulate in various models of …

B cells going viral in the CNS: Dynamics, complexities, and functions of B cells responding to viral encephalitis

A Cardani‐Boulton, BT Boylan… - Immunological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A diverse number of DNA and RNA viruses have the potential to invade the central nervous
system (CNS), causing inflammation and injury to cells that have a limited capacity for repair …

Infiltrating regulatory B cells control neuroinflammation following viral brain infection

MB Mutnal, S Hu, SJ Schachtele… - The Journal of …, 2014 - journals.aai.org
Previous studies have demonstrated the existence of a subset of B lymphocytes, regulatory
B cells (Bregs), which modulate immune function. In this study, in vivo and in vitro …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent virus-specific and clonally expanded antibody-secreting cells respond to induced self-antigen in the CNS

A Agrafiotis, R Dizerens, I Vincenti, I Wagner… - Acta …, 2023 - Springer
B cells contribute to the pathogenesis of both cellular-and humoral-mediated central
nervous system (CNS) inflammatory diseases through a variety of mechanisms. In such …

[HTML][HTML] B cells in multiple sclerosis and virus-induced neuroinflammation

R Chunder, V Schropp, S Kuerten - Frontiers in neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation can be defined as an inflammatory response within the central nervous
system (CNS) mediated by a complex crosstalk between CNS-resident and infiltrating …

B lineage cells in the inflammatory central nervous system environment: migration, maintenance, local antibody production, and therapeutic modulation

E Meinl, M Krumbholz… - Annals of Neurology …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
B cells have long played an enigmatic role in the scenario of multiple sclerosis
pathogenesis. This review summarizes recent progress in our understanding of B‐cell …

CNS viral infection diverts homing of antibody‐secreting cells from lymphoid organs to the CNS

SI Tschen, SA Stohlman… - European journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Neurotropic coronavirus infection of mice results in acute encephalomyelitis followed by viral
persistence. Whereas cellular immunity controls acute infection, humoral immunity regulates …

Isolation of brain-infiltrating leukocytes

RG LaFrance-Corey, CL Howe - JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 2011 - jove.com
We describe a method for preparing brain infiltrating leukocytes (BILs) from mice. We
demonstrate how to infect mice with Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) via a …