Secondary immunodeficiencies: an overview

KS Tuano, N Seth, J Chinen - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To review the different causes of secondary immunodeficiencies and provide
clinicians with an updated overview of potential factors that contribute to immunodeficiency …

Deep sequencing of B cell receptor repertoires from COVID-19 patients reveals strong convergent immune signatures

JD Galson, S Schaetzle, RJM Bashford-Rogers… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Deep sequencing of B cell receptor (BCR) heavy chains from a cohort of 31 COVID-19
patients from the UK reveals a stereotypical naive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 which …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding heterogeneity of human bone marrow plasma cell maturation and survival pathways by single-cell analyses

M Duan, DC Nguyen, CJ Joyner, CL Saney, CM Tipton… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Human bone marrow (BM) plasma cells are heterogeneous, ranging from newly arrived
antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) to long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs). We provide single-cell …

Polyfunctional antibodies: a path towards precision vaccines for vulnerable populations

RA Purcell, RM Theisen, KB Arnold… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Vaccine efficacy determined within the controlled environment of a clinical trial is usually
substantially greater than real-world vaccine effectiveness. Typically, this results from …

Genetic variation in the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus shapes the human antibody repertoire

OL Rodriguez, Y Safonova, CA Silver, K Shields… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Variation in the antibody response has been linked to differential outcomes in disease, and
suboptimal vaccine and therapeutic responsiveness, the determinants of which have not …

Cross-reactive antibodies against human coronaviruses and the animal coronavirome suggest diagnostics for future zoonotic spillovers

S Klompus, S Leviatan, T Vogl, RD Mazor… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The spillover of animal coronaviruses (aCoVs) to humans has caused SARS, MERS, and
COVID-19. Although antibody responses displaying cross-reactivity between SARS-CoV-2 …

Maturation of the human immunoglobulin heavy chain repertoire with age

M Ghraichy, JD Galson, A Kovaltsuk… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
B cells play a central role in adaptive immune processes, mainly through the production of
antibodies. The maturation of the B cell system with age is poorly studied. We extensively …

BNT162b2 booster after heterologous prime-boost vaccination induces potent neutralizing antibodies and T cell reactivity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 in …

A Seidel, M Zanoni, R Groß, D Krnavek… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In light of the decreasing immune protection against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection
after initial vaccinations and the now dominant immune-evasive Omicron variants,'booster' …

B-cell reconstitution after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in multiple sclerosis

V von Niederhäusern, J Ruder, M Ghraichy… - Neurology …, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) is
increasingly used to treat aggressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). This procedure is …

Different B cell subpopulations show distinct patterns in their IgH repertoire metrics

M Ghraichy, V von Niederhäusern, A Kovaltsuk… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Several human B cell subpopulations are recognised in the peripheral blood, which play
distinct roles in the humoral immune response. These cells undergo developmental and …