Repression of the transcription factor Bach2 contributes to predisposition of IgG1 memory B cells toward plasma cell differentiation

K Kometani, R Nakagawa, R Shinnakasu, T Kaji… - Immunity, 2013 - cell.com
Memory B cells are essential for generating rapid and robust secondary antibody responses.
It has been thought that the unique cytoplasmic domain of IgG causes the prompt activation …

Germinal center centroblasts transition to a centrocyte phenotype according to a timed program and depend on the dark zone for effective selection

O Bannard, RM Horton, CDC Allen, J An, T Nagasawa… - Immunity, 2013 - cell.com
Germinal center (GC) B cells cycle between the dark zone (DZ) and light zone (LZ) during
antibody affinity maturation. Whether this movement is necessary for GC function has not …

B cell biology: implications for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus

JH Anolik - Lupus, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
B cells are critical players in the orchestration of properly regulated immune responses,
normally providing protective immunity without autoimmunity. Balance in the B cell …

Memory B cells in mouse models

B Bergmann, O Grimsholm… - Scandinavian …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
One of the principles behind vaccination, as shown by E dward J enner in 1796, and host
protection is immunological memory, and one of the cells central to this is the antigen …

[HTML][HTML] Re-utilization of germinal centers in multiple Peyer's patches results in highly synchronized, oligoclonal, and affinity-matured gut IgA responses

P Bergqvist, A Stensson, L Hazanov, A Holmberg… - Mucosal …, 2013 - Elsevier
Whereas gut IgA responses to the microbiota may be multi-centered and diverse, little is
known about IgA responses to T-cell-dependent antigens following oral immunizations …

T Cell–Dependent IgM Memory B Cells generated during bacterial infection are required for IgG responses to antigen challenge

JL Yates, R Racine, KM McBride… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Immunological memory has long considered to be harbored in B cells that express high-
affinity class-switched IgG. IgM-positive memory B cells can also be generated following …

TSP1-producing B cells show immune regulatory property and suppress allergy-related mucosal inflammation

HP Zhang, Y Wu, J Liu, J Jiang, XR Geng, G Yang… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Specific immunotherapy (SIT) is the only specific remedy for the treatment of allergic
diseases currently. B cells are important immune cells in the immunity. The role of B cells in …

The adenosinergic system in cancer: Key therapeutic target

R Sorrentino, A Pinto, S Morello - Oncoimmunology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
High amounts of adenosine are released in the tumor mass. Depending on the levels of
adenosine, as well as on the receptor subtypes that are expressed by immune cells …

Rheumatoid factor B cell memory leads to rapid, switched antibody-forming cell responses

RA Sweet, JL Cullen, MJ Shlomchik - The Journal of Immunology, 2013 - journals.aai.org
B cells are critical in the initiation and maintenance of lupus. Autoreactive B cells clonally
expand, isotype switch, and mutate—properties associated with memory B cells (MBCs) …

Defective thymic progenitor development and mature T‐cell responses in a mouse model for D own syndrome

LPE Lorenzo, KE Shatynski, S Clark, PJ Yarowsky… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In addition to archetypal cognitive defects, D own syndrome (DS) is characterized by altered
lymphocyte development and function, including premature thymic involution and increased …