Rheumatoid arthritis: pathogenic roles of diverse immune cells

S Jang, EJ Kwon, JJ Lee - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease associated with
synovial tissue proliferation, pannus formation, cartilage destruction, and systemic …

B cell depletion therapies in autoimmune disease: advances and mechanistic insights

DSW Lee, OL Rojas, JL Gommerman - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2021 - nature.com
In the past 15 years, B cells have been rediscovered to be not merely bystanders but rather
active participants in autoimmune aetiology. This has been fuelled in part by the clinical …

STING-induced regulatory B cells compromise NK function in cancer immunity

S Li, B Mirlekar, BM Johnson, WJ Brickey, JA Wrobel… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
An immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment is a major obstacle in the control of
pancreatic and other solid cancers,–. Agonists of the stimulator of interferon g enes (STING) …

A bispecific CAR-T cell therapy targeting BCMA and CD38 in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

H Mei, C Li, H Jiang, X Zhao, Z Huang, D Jin… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Background BCMA-specific chimeric antigen receptor-T cells (CAR-Ts) have exhibited
remarkable efficacy in refractory or relapsed multiple myeloma (RRMM); however, primary …

Immunosuppressive mechanisms of regulatory B cells

D Catalán, MA Mansilla, A Ferrier, L Soto… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Regulatory B cells (Bregs) is a term that encompasses all B cells that act to suppress
immune responses. Bregs contribute to the maintenance of tolerance, limiting ongoing …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiota-derived metabolites suppress arthritis by amplifying aryl-hydrocarbon receptor activation in regulatory B cells

EC Rosser, CJM Piper, DE Matei, PA Blair… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
The differentiation of IL-10-producing regulatory B cells (Bregs) in response to gut-
microbiota-derived signals supports the maintenance of tolerance. However, whether …

Challenges and opportunities for consistent classification of human B cell and plasma cell populations

I Sanz, C Wei, SA Jenks, KS Cashman… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The increasingly recognized role of different types of B cells and plasma cells in protective
and pathogenic immune responses combined with technological advances have generated …

Next-generation regulatory T cell therapy

LMR Ferreira, YD Muller, JA Bluestone… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are a small subset of immune cells that are dedicated to
curbing excessive immune activation and maintaining immune homeostasis. Accordingly …

B cells in rheumatoid arthritis: pathogenic mechanisms and treatment prospects

F Wu, J Gao, J Kang, X Wang, Q Niu, J Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common, chronic, systemic autoimmune disease, and its
clinical features are the proliferation of joint synovial tissue, the formation of pannus and the …

Multiple sclerosis: mechanisms and immunotherapy

C Baecher-Allan, BJ Kaskow, HL Weiner - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease triggered by environmental factors that act
on a genetically susceptible host. It features three clinical stages: a pre-clinical stage …