2022
High-affinity, neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 can be made without T follicular helper cells
Chen JS, Chow RD, Song E, Mao T, Israelow B, Kamath K, Bozekowski J, Haynes WA, Filler RB, Menasche BL, Wei J, Alfajaro MM, Song W, Peng L, Carter L, Weinstein JS, Gowthaman U, Chen S, Craft J, Shon JC, Iwasaki A, Wilen CB, Eisenbarth SC. High-affinity, neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 can be made without T follicular helper cells. Science Immunology 2022, 7: eabl5652. PMID: 34914544, PMCID: PMC8977051, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl5652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2Follicular helper cellsB cell responsesHelper cellsAntibody productionCell responsesSARS-CoV-2 vaccinationB-cell receptor sequencingSevere COVID-19Cell receptor sequencingIndependent antibodiesT cell-B cell interactionsViral inflammationAntiviral antibodiesImmunoglobulin class switchingVirus infectionGerminal centersViral infectionClonal repertoireInfectionAntibodiesClass switchingCOVID-19Patients
1996
Germinal center formation, immunoglobulin class switching, and autoantibody production driven by "non alpha/beta" T cells.
Wen L, Pao W, Wong FS, Peng Q, Craft J, Zheng B, Kelsoe G, Dianda L, Owen MJ, Hayday AC. Germinal center formation, immunoglobulin class switching, and autoantibody production driven by "non alpha/beta" T cells. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 1996, 183: 2271-2282. PMID: 8642336, PMCID: PMC2192585, DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.5.2271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutoantibodiesClone CellsFlow CytometryGerminal CenterHumansImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingImmunoglobulin EImmunoglobulin GLupus Erythematosus, SystemicLymphocyte DepletionMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, Inbred StrainsMice, KnockoutMice, SCIDReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaSpleenT-LymphocytesConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusBeta T cellsAlpha/beta T cellsGamma/delta T cellsDelta T cellsT cell helpT cellsT cell receptorCell helpT cell-mediated conditionsHuman systemic lupus erythematosusSevere combined immunodeficient (SCID) miceDevelopment of autoantibodiesCombined Immunodeficient MiceT-cell immunodeficiencyClass-switched antibodiesB cell collaborationGerminal center formationLupus erythematosusAutoantibody productionLymphoid folliclesImmunoglobulin class switchingIgE synthesisAlpha/betaCell immunodeficiency