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 …

The impact of Plasmodium-driven immunoregulatory networks on immunity to malaria

MJ Boyle, CR Engwerda, P Jagannathan - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria, caused by infection with Plasmodium parasites, drives multiple regulatory
responses across the immune landscape. These regulatory responses help to protect …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal multi-omics analyses identify responses of megakaryocytes, erythroid cells, and plasmablasts as hallmarks of severe COVID-19

JP Bernardes, N Mishra, F Tran, T Bahmer, L Best… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Temporal resolution of cellular features associated with a severe COVID-19 disease
trajectory is needed for understanding skewed immune responses and defining predictors of …

Itaconate impairs immune control of Plasmodium by enhancing mtDNA-mediated PD-L1 expression in monocyte-derived dendritic cells

T Ramalho, PA Assis, O Ojelabi, L Tan, B Carvalho… - Cell Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Severe forms of malaria are associated with systemic inflammation and host metabolism
disorders; however, the interplay between these outcomes is poorly understood. Using a …

A candidate antibody drug for prevention of malaria

KL Williams, S Guerrero, Y Flores-Garcia, D Kim… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Over 75% of malaria-attributable deaths occur in children under the age of 5 years.
However, the first malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Progressive differentiation toward the long-lived plasma cell compartment in the bone marrow

T Koike, K Fujii, K Kometani, NS Butler… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
The longevity of plasma cells is dependent on their ability to access and reside in so-called
niches that are predominantly located in the bone marrow. Here, by employing a traceable …

Antibody feedback contributes to facilitating the development of Omicron-reactive memory B cells in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinees

T Inoue, R Shinnakasu, C Kawai… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
In contrast to a second dose of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine, a third dose elicits potent
neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant. To address the underlying mechanism for …

Single cell transcriptomics shows that malaria promotes unique regulatory responses across multiple immune cell subsets

NL Dooley, TG Chabikwa, Z Pava… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum malaria drives immunoregulatory responses across multiple cell
subsets, which protects from immunopathogenesis, but also hampers the development of …

Naturally Acquired Humoral Immunity Against Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

SJ Gonzales, RA Reyes, AE Braddom… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Malaria remains a significant contributor to the global burden of disease, with around 40% of
the world's population at risk of Plasmodium infections. The development of an effective …

Limited access to antigen drives generation of early B cell memory while restraining the plasmablast response

V Glaros, R Rauschmeier, AV Artemov, A Reinhardt… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Cell fate decisions during early B cell activation determine the outcome of responses to
pathogens and vaccines. We examined the early B cell response to T-dependent antigen in …