2021
T Follicular Regulatory Cells: Choreographers of Productive Germinal Center Responses
Lu Y, Craft J. T Follicular Regulatory Cells: Choreographers of Productive Germinal Center Responses. Frontiers In Immunology 2021, 12: 679909. PMID: 34177925, PMCID: PMC8222975, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.679909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTfr cellsTreg cellsHumoral immunityGerminal centersAntigen-specific B cell responsesFollicular helper cellsFollicular regulatory (Tfr) cellsB cell folliclesRegulatory T cellsB cell autoreactivityB cell responsesGerminal center responseB cell toleranceVaccine design strategiesTranscription factor Bcl6Regulatory cellsHelper cellsImmune homeostasisProductive immunityT cellsViral infectionCenter responseCell responsesGC responseImmune challenge
2012
Accumulation of peripheral autoreactive B cells in the absence of functional human regulatory T cells
Kinnunen T, Chamberlain N, Morbach H, Choi J, Kim S, Craft J, Mayer L, Cancrini C, Passerini L, Bacchetta R, Ochs HD, Torgerson TR, Meffre E. Accumulation of peripheral autoreactive B cells in the absence of functional human regulatory T cells. Blood 2012, 121: 1595-1603. PMID: 23223361, PMCID: PMC3587322, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2012-09-457465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cell tolerancePeripheral B cell toleranceIPEX patientsRegulatory T cellsAutoreactive B cellsNaive B cellsB cellsT cellsTreg functionAutoreactive mature naive B cellsHuman B cell toleranceForkhead box protein 3 geneHuman regulatory T cellsMature naive B cellsTreg-like cellsCentral B cell toleranceSevere autoimmune disordersT-cell costimulatorTransitional B cellsRegulation of CD40LReactivity of antibodiesDefective Treg functionSingle B cellsPD-1Autoimmune disorders
1999
Lessons from Knockout and Transgenic Lupus-Prone Mice
Peng S, Craft J. Lessons from Knockout and Transgenic Lupus-Prone Mice. Contemporary Immunology 1999, 152-166. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-703-1_10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLupus-prone miceSystemic lupus erythematosusNZB ×Disease manifestationsStudy of lupusLupus-like symptomsMRL/MpPathogenesis of lupusB cell toleranceLupus erythematosusImmune deficiencyT cellsImmune organsB cellsDisease pathogenesisImmune systemMurine systemMouse strainsMajority of knowledgeFunctional activityMiceGenetic alterationsLupusHuman disease pathogenesisPathogenesis