Germinal center and extrafollicular B cell responses in vaccination, immunity, and autoimmunity

RA Elsner, MJ Shlomchik - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Activated B cells participate in either extrafollicular (EF) or germinal center (GC) responses.
Canonical responses are composed of a short wave of plasmablasts (PBs) arising from EF …

T follicular helper cell biology: a decade of discovery and diseases

S Crotty - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Hel** B cells and antibody responses is a major function of CD4+ T cells. It has been 10
years since the publication of Bcl6 as the lineage-defining transcription factor for T follicular …

Loss of Bcl-6-expressing T follicular helper cells and germinal centers in COVID-19

N Kaneko, HH Kuo, J Boucau, JR Farmer… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Humoral responses in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are often of limited durability,
as seen with other human coronavirus epidemics. To address the underlying etiology, we …

Quick COVID-19 healers sustain anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production

Y Chen, A Zuiani, S Fischinger, J Mullur, C Atyeo… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Antibodies are key immune effectors that confer protection against pathogenic threats. The
nature and longevity of the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection are not well defined …

Targeting TFH cells in human diseases and vaccination: rationale and practice

D Yu, LSK Walker, Z Liu, MA Linterman, Z Li - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The identification of CD4+ T cells localizing to B cell follicles has revolutionized the
knowledge of how humoral immunity is generated. Follicular helper T (TFH) cells support …

Cytokine-skewed Tfh cells: functional consequences for B cell help

AC Olatunde, JS Hale, TJ Lamb - Trends in immunology, 2021 - cell.com
CD4+ follicular helper T (Tfh) cells play a vital role in providing help for B cells undergoing
selection and differentiation into activated antibody-secreting cells in mammalian germinal …

T cell-mediated immunity to malaria

SP Kurup, NS Butler, JT Harty - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Immunity to malaria has been linked to the availability and function of helper CD4+ T cells,
cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and γδ T cells that can respond to both the asymptomatic liver stage …

Malaria prevention: from immunological concepts to effective vaccines and protective antibodies

IA Cockburn, RA Seder - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Development of a malaria vaccine remains a critical priority to decrease clinical
disease and mortality and facilitate eradication. Accordingly, RTS, S, a protein-subunit …

Instructing durable humoral immunity for COVID-19 and other vaccinable diseases

D Bhattacharya - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Many aspects of SARS-CoV-2 have fully conformed with the principles established by
decades of viral immunology research, ultimately leading to the crowning achievement of …

COVID-19 makes B cells forget, but T cells remember

PF Cañete, CG Vinuesa - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Understanding which arms of the immune response are responsible for protection against
SARS-CoV-2 infection is key to predicting long-term immunity and to inform vaccine design …