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 …

Age-associated B cells

MP Cancro - Annual review of immunology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The age-associated B cell subset has been the focus of increasing interest over the last
decade. These cells have a unique cell surface phenotype and transcriptional signature …

[HTML][HTML] Functional SARS-CoV-2-specific immune memory persists after mild COVID-19

LB Rodda, J Netland, L Shehata, KB Pruner… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus is causing a
global pandemic, and cases continue to rise. Most infected individuals experience mildly …

Integrated longitudinal immunophenotypic, transcriptional, and repertoire analyses delineate immune responses in patients with COVID-19

S Notarbartolo, V Ranzani, A Bandera, P Gruarin… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
To understand how a protective immune response against SARS-CoV-2 develops over time,
we integrated phenotypic, transcriptional, and repertoire analyses on PBMCs from patients …

Deep immune profiling of MIS-C demonstrates marked but transient immune activation compared with adult and pediatric COVID-19

LA Vella, JR Giles, AE Baxter, DA Oldridge… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Pediatric coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated
with fewer hospitalizations and often milder disease than in adults. A subset of children …

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and long COVID: the SARS-CoV-2 viral superantigen hypothesis

M Noval Rivas, RA Porritt, MH Cheng, I Bahar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a febrile pediatric inflammatory
disease that may develop weeks after initial SARS-CoV-2 infection or exposure. MIS-C …

Atypical B cells are part of an alternative lineage of B cells that participates in responses to vaccination and infection in humans

HJ Sutton, R Aye, AH Idris, R Vistein, E Nduati, O Kai… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
The diversity of circulating human B cells is unknown. We use single-cell RNA sequencing
(RNA-seq) to examine the diversity of both antigen-specific and total B cells in healthy …

IL-21 drives expansion and plasma cell differentiation of autoreactive CD11chiT-bet+ B cells in SLE

S Wang, J Wang, V Kumar, JL Karnell… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Although the aetiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is unclear, dysregulated B
cell responses have been implicated. Here we show that an unusual CD11chiT-bet+ B cell …

Human T-bet governs the generation of a distinct subset of CD11chighCD21low B cells

R Yang, DT Avery, KJL Jackson, M Ogishi… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
High-level expression of the transcription factor T-bet characterizes a phenotypically distinct
murine B cell population known as “age-associated B cells”(ABCs). T-bet–deficient mice …

B and T cells driving multiple sclerosis: identity, mechanisms and potential triggers

J Van Langelaar, L Rijvers, J Smolders… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Historically, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been viewed as being primarily driven by T cells.
However, the effective use of anti-CD20 treatment now also reveals an important role for B …