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A local regulatory T cell feedback circuit maintains immune homeostasis by pruning self-activated T cells
Wong H, Park K, Gola A, Baptista A, Miller C, Deep D, Lou M, Boyd L, Rudensky A, Savage P, Altan-Bonnet G, Tsang J, Germain R. A local regulatory T cell feedback circuit maintains immune homeostasis by pruning self-activated T cells. Cell 2021, 184: 3981-3997.e22. PMID: 34157301, PMCID: PMC8390950, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Overexpression of T-bet in HIV infection is associated with accumulation of B cells outside germinal centers and poor affinity maturation
Austin JW, Buckner CM, Kardava L, Wang W, Zhang X, Melson VA, Swanson RG, Martins AJ, Zhou JQ, Hoehn KB, Fisk JN, Dimopoulos Y, Chassiakos A, O'Dell S, Smelkinson MG, Seamon CA, Kwan RW, Sneller MC, Pittaluga S, Doria-Rose NA, McDermott A, Li Y, Chun TW, Kleinstein SH, Tsang JS, Petrovas C, Moir S. Overexpression of T-bet in HIV infection is associated with accumulation of B cells outside germinal centers and poor affinity maturation. Science Translational Medicine 2019, 11 PMID: 31776286, PMCID: PMC7479651, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aax0904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibody AffinityAntigens, CD19B-LymphocytesCytokinesFemaleGerminal CenterHIV InfectionsHumansImmunologic MemoryLymph NodesMaleMiddle AgedMutation RatePhenotypeReceptors, Antigen, B-CellT-Box Domain ProteinsT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerTranscriptomeYoung AdultConceptsHIV-specific B cellsT-betGC B cellsGerminal centersB cellsLymph nodesPoor affinity maturationChronic immune activationMemory B cell compartmentAntibody-mediated immunityChronic infectious diseaseOptimal antibody responseB cell compartmentChronic human infectionsB cell receptorHIV viremiaImmunologic outcomesHIV infectionViremic individualsChronic viremiaImmune activationPeripheral bloodProtective antibodiesAntibody responseCD19