Cellular function of phosphoinositide 3-kinases: implications for development, immunity, homeostasis, and cancer

R Katso, K Okkenhaug, K Ahmadi… - Annual review of cell …, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) family of enzymes is recruited upon growth
factor receptor activation and produces 3′ phosphoinositide lipids. The lipid products of …

Hydrogen peroxide as second messenger in lymphocyte activation

M Reth - Nature immunology, 2002 - nature.com
Oxidants such as H2O2 are connected to lymphocyte activation, but the molecular
mechanisms behind this phenomenon are less clear. Here, I review data suggesting that by …

Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) deficiency causes the autosomal recessive form of the Hyper-IgM syndrome (HIGM2)

P Revy, T Muto, Y Levy, F Geissmann, A Plebani… - Cell, 2000 - cell.com
The activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) gene, specifically expressed in germinal
center B cells in mice, is a member of the cytidine deaminase family. We herein report …

Orchestrating B cell lymphopoiesis through interplay of IL-7 receptor and pre-B cell receptor signalling

MR Clark, M Mandal, K Ochiai, H Singh - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2014 - nature.com
The development of B cells is dependent on the sequential DNA rearrangement of
immunoglobulin loci that encode subunits of the B cell receptor. The pathway navigates a …

B cell antigen receptor signaling 101

JM Dal Porto, SB Gauld, KT Merrell, D Mills… - Molecular …, 2004 - Elsevier
All cells continually survey their environment and make decisions based on cues
encountered. This requires specific receptors that detect such cues, then transduce signals …

Humanin peptide suppresses apoptosis by interfering with Bax activation

B Guo, D Zhai, E Cabezas, K Welsh, S Nouraini… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Bax (Bcl2-associated X protein) is an apoptosis-inducing protein that participates in cell
death during normal development and in various diseases. Bax resides in an inactive state …

Origins and functions of B-1 cells with notes on the role of CD5

R Berland, HH Wortis - Annual review of immunology, 2002 - annualreviews.org
Whether B-1a (CD5+) cells are a distinct lineage derived from committed fetal/neonatal
precursors or arise from follicular B-2 cells in response to BCR ligation and other, unknown …

Immune contexture, immunoscore, and malignant cell molecular subgroups for prognostic and theranostic classifications of cancers

E Becht, NA Giraldo, C Germain, A de Reyniès… - Advances in …, 2016 - Elsevier
The outcome of tumors results from genetic and epigenetic modifications of the transformed
cells and also from the interactions of the malignant cells with their tumor microenvironment …

BCR-signalling synergizes with TLR-signalling for induction of AID and immunoglobulin class-switching through the non-canonical NF-κB pathway

EJ Pone, J Zhang, T Mai, CA White, G Li… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
By diversifying antibody biological effector functions, class switch DNA recombination has a
central role in the maturation of the antibody response. Here we show that BCR-signalling …

Marginal zone B cells

S Pillai, A Cariappa, ST Moran - Annu. Rev. Immunol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Our views regarding the origins and functions of splenic marginal zone B cells
have changed considerably over the past few years. Perspectives regarding the …