Memory B cells

T Inoue, T Kurosaki - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advances in studies of immune memory in mice and humans have reinforced the
concept that memory B cells play a critical role in protection against repeated infections …

T Follicular Helper Cell Heterogeneity

W Song, J Craft - Annual Review of Immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
T follicular helper (Tfh) cells specialize in helping B cells and are therefore critical
contributors to the generation of humoral immunity. Tfh cells aid immunoglobulin class …

IL-21R signal reprogramming cooperates with CD40 and BCR signals to select and differentiate germinal center B cells

W Luo, L Conter, RA Elsner, S Smita, F Weisel… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Both B cell receptor (BCR) and CD40 signaling are rewired in germinal center (GC) B cells
(GCBCs) to synergistically induce c-MYC and phosphorylated S6 ribosomal protein (p-S6) …

Heparan sulfate regulates IL-21 bioavailability and signal strength that control germinal center B cell selection and differentiation

Z Chen, Y Cui, Y Yao, B Liu, J Yunis, X Gao… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
In antibody responses, mutated germinal center B (BGC) cells are positively selected for
reentry or differentiation. As the products from GCs, memory B cells and antibody-secreting …

IL-21 shapes germinal center polarization via light zone B cell selection and cyclin D3 upregulation

L Petersone, CJ Wang, NM Edner, A Fabri… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Germinal center (GC) dysregulation has been widely reported in the context of
autoimmunity. Here, we show that interleukin 21 (IL-21), the archetypal follicular helper T …

Single‐cell dissection of cervical cancer reveals key subsets of the tumor immune microenvironment

G Cao, J Yue, Y Ruan, Y Han, Y Zhi, J Lu, M Liu… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) directly determines patients' outcomes and therapeutic
efficiencies. An in‐depth understanding of the TME is required to improve the prognosis of …

[HTML][HTML] Inborn errors of human B cell development, differentiation, and function

SG Tangye, T Nguyen, EK Deenick, VL Bryant… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
B cells develop from hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. Once generated, they
serve multiple roles in immune regulation and host defense. However, their most important …

Germinal centers output clonally diverse plasma cell populations expressing high-and low-affinity antibodies

A Sprumont, A Rodrigues, SJ McGowan, C Bannard… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Germinal centers (GCs) form in lymph nodes after immunization or infection to facilitate
antibody affinity maturation and memory and plasma cell (PC) development. PC …

Interleukin‐21 in autoimmune and inflammatory skin diseases

A Mesas‐Fernández, E Bodner, FJ Hilke… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Studies on the role of interleukins (ILs) in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases allow for
the better understanding of pathologic mechanisms of disease and reshaping of treatment …

The role of IgA in the manifestation and prevention of allergic immune responses

S Scheurer, AC Junker, C He, S Schülke… - Current Allergy and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Immunoglobulin A (IgA) mediates immune exclusion of antigens
in the gut. Notably, IgA plays also a role in the prevention of IgE-mediated allergies and …