The role of B cells in atherosclerosis

AP Sage, D Tsiantoulas, CJ Binder… - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2019 - nature.com
The cardiovascular system is subject to hyperlipidaemic, inflammatory, and pro-oxidant
stressors. Over time, these factors drive prevalent chronic diseases, of which atherosclerosis …

Immunobiology of atherosclerosis: a complex net of interactions

B Herrero-Fernandez, R Gomez-Bris… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, and atherosclerosis the
principal factor underlying cardiovascular events. Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory …

Tissue-resident B cells orchestrate macrophage polarisation and function

O Suchanek, JR Ferdinand, ZK Tuong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
B cells play a central role in humoral immunity but also have antibody-independent
functions. Studies to date have focused on B cells in blood and secondary lymphoid organs …

Defining natural antibodies

NE Holodick, N Rodríguez-Zhurbenko… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The traditional definition of natural antibodies (NAbs) states that these antibodies are
present prior to the body encountering cognate antigen, providing a first line of defense …

B1 and marginal zone B cells but not follicular B2 cells require Gpx4 to prevent lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis

J Muri, H Thut, GW Bornkamm, M Kopf - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Aerobic organisms need to maintain cellular redox homeostasis. Glutathione peroxidase-4
(Gpx4) has the unique ability to protect cells against lipid peroxidation. Here, we show that …

High-throughput single-cell quantification of hundreds of proteins using conventional flow cytometry and machine learning

E Becht, D Tolstrup, CA Dutertre, PA Morawski… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Modern immunologic research increasingly requires high-dimensional analyses to
understand the complex milieu of cell types that comprise the tissue microenvironments of …

Fab-dimerized glycan-reactive antibodies are a structural category of natural antibodies

WB Williams, RR Meyerhoff, RJ Edwards, H Li… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Natural antibodies (Abs) can target host glycans on the surface of pathogens. We studied
the evolution of glycan-reactive B cells of rhesus macaques and humans using glycosylated …

Supplying the trip to antibody production—nutrients, signaling, and the programming of cellular metabolism in the mature B lineage

MR Boothby, SK Brookens, AL Raybuck… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The COVID pandemic has refreshed and expanded recognition of the vital role that
sustained antibody (Ab) secretion plays in our immune defenses against microbes and of …

Immunological memory cells

W Ratajczak, P Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej… - … European Journal of …, 2018 - termedia.pl
This article reviews immunological memory cells, currently represented by T and B
lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells, which determine a rapid and effective response …

Natural antibodies–facts known and unknown

J Palma, B Tokarz-Deptuła, J Deptuła… - … European Journal of …, 2018 - termedia.pl
In contrast to adaptive antibodies, natural antibodies are present in a non-immunised
organism from birth, and they do not include anti-Gal antibodies and/or anti-Gal natural …