B cell responses: cell interaction dynamics and decisions

JG Cyster, CDC Allen - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
B cells and the antibodies they produce have a deeply penetrating influence on human
physiology. Here, we review current understanding of how B cell responses are initiated; the …

Extracellular vesicles: novel communicators in lung diseases

A Mohan, S Agarwal, M Clauss, NS Britt… - Respiratory research, 2020 - Springer
The lung is the organ with the highest vascular density in the human body. It is therefore
perceivable that the endothelium of the lung contributes significantly to the circulation of …

Pathophysiology of allergic inflammation

PJ Barnes - Immunological reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Allergic inflammation is due to a complex interplay between several inflammatory cells,
including mast cells, basophils, lymphocytes, dendritic cells, eosinophils, and sometimes …

T follicular helper cell plasticity shapes pathogenic T helper 2 cell-mediated immunity to inhaled house dust mite

A Ballesteros-Tato, TD Randall, FE Lund, R Spolski… - Immunity, 2016 - cell.com
Exposure to environmental antigens, such as house dust mite (HDM), often leads to T helper
2 (Th2) cell-driven allergic responses. However, the mechanisms underlying the …

IL4 (interleukin 4) induces autophagy in B cells leading to exacerbated asthma

F Xia, C Deng, Y Jiang, Y Qu, J Deng, Z Cai, Y Ding… - Autophagy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Allergic asthma is a common airway inflammatory disease in which B cells play important
roles through IgE production and antigen presentation. SNP (single nucleotide …

Antibodies to MHC class I induce autoimmunity: role in the pathogenesis of chronic rejection

N Fukami, S Ramachandran, D Saini… - the Journal of …, 2009 - journals.aai.org
Alloimmunity to mismatched donor HLA-Ags and autoimmunity to self-Ags have been
hypothesized to play an important role in immunopathogenesis of chronic rejection of …

Respiratory virus-induced TLR7 activation controls IL-17–associated increased mucus via IL-23 regulation

NW Lukacs, JJ Smit, S Mukherjee… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
The response to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), negative strand ssRNA virus, depends
upon the ability to recognize specific pathogen-associated targets. In the current study, the …

Features of B cell responses relevant to allergic disease

CDC Allen - The Journal of Immunology, 2022 - journals.aai.org
Abstract This Brief Review delves into B cell responses in the context of allergy. The primary
contribution of B cells to allergy is the production of IgE, the Ab isotype that triggers …

B cells are critical to T-cell—mediated antitumor immunity induced by a combined immune-stimulatory/conditionally cytotoxic therapy for glioblastoma

M Candolfi, JF Curtin, K Yagiz, H Assi, MK Wibowo… - Neoplasia, 2011 - Elsevier
We have demonstrated that modifying the tumor microenvironment through intratumoral
administration of adenoviral vectors (Ad) encoding the conditional cytotoxic molecule, ie …

Exosomal transfer of activated neutrophil-derived lncRNA CRNDE promotes proliferation and migration of airway smooth muscle cells in asthma

XY Zhang, ZC Chen, N Li, ZH Wang… - Human Molecular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Activated neutrophil-derived exosomes reportedly contribute to the proliferation of airway
smooth muscle cells (ASMCs), thereby aggravating the airway wall remodeling during …