Regulation of the germinal center and humoral immunity by interleukin-21

SG Tangye, CS Ma - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2019 - rupress.org
Cytokines play critical roles in regulating the development, survival, differentiation, and
function of immune cells. Cytokines exert their function by binding specific receptor …

The roles of SOCS 3 and STAT 3 in bacterial infection and inflammatory diseases

Y Gao, H Zhao, P Wang, J Wang… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The suppressor of cytokine signalling‐3 (SOCS 3) is well known as a feedback inhibitor of
the Janus kinases‐signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (JAK/STAT 3) signalling …

Follicular helper T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus

SJ Kim, K Lee, B Diamond - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
CD4+ follicular helper T (Tfh) cells constitute a subset of effector T cells that participate in the
generation of high-affinity humoral responses. They express the chemokine receptor …

Enhanced IL-2 in early life limits the development of TFH and protective antiviral immunity

CJ Pyle, L Labeur-Iurman, HT Groves, F Puttur… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
T follicular helper cell (TFH)–dependent antibody responses are critical for long-term
immunity. Antibody responses are diminished in early life, limiting long-term protective …

The IL–10/STAT3 axis: Contributions to immune tolerance by thymus and peripherally derived regulatory T‐cells

KG Schmetterer, WF Pickl - European journal of immunology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) proteins are important mediators
for the integration of extrinsic signals provided by cytokines and hormones and thereby …

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 control of human T and B cell responses

EK Deenick, SJ Pelham, A Kane, CS Ma - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor that is
activated downstream of many key cytokine receptors expressed by lymphocytes. As such, it …

Antigen-stimulated PBMC transcriptional protective signatures for malaria immunization

G Moncunill, A Scholzen, M Mpina… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Identifying immune correlates of protection and mechanisms of immunity accelerates and
streamlines the development of vaccines. RTS, S/AS01E, the most clinically advanced …

Targeting signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) in human cancer by dietary polyphenolic antioxidants

H Amani, M Ajami, SN Maleki, H Pazoki-Toroudi… - Biochimie, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the course of the last three decades, a large body of evidence has shown that
polyphenols, the secondary metabolites occurring in plant foods and beverages, exert …

Glutathione-dependent redox balance characterizes the distinct metabolic properties of follicular and marginal zone B cells

DG Franchina, H Kurniawan, M Grusdat… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The metabolic principles underlying the differences between follicular and marginal zone B
cells (FoB and MZB, respectively) are not well understood. Here we show, by studying mice …

IL-6 and IL-27 play both distinct and redundant roles in regulating CD4 T-cell responses during chronic viral infection

JA Harker, TT Greene, BE Barnett, P Bao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The IL-6 cytokine family signals through the common signal transduction molecule gp130
combined with a cytokine-specific receptor. Gp130 signaling on CD4 T cells is vital in …