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
2020
CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells optimize the influenza virus–specific B cell response
Lu Y, Jiang R, Freyn AW, Wang J, Strohmeier S, Lederer K, Locci M, Zhao H, Angeletti D, O’Connor K, Kleinstein SH, Nachbagauer R, Craft J. CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells optimize the influenza virus–specific B cell response. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2020, 218: e20200547. PMID: 33326020, PMCID: PMC7748821, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20200547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibody FormationAntigensB-LymphocytesCD4 AntigensDisease Models, AnimalEpitopesForkhead Transcription FactorsGerminal CenterHumansImmunityImmunologic MemoryInfluenza, HumanInfluenzavirus BIntegrasesMice, Inbred C57BLOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSpecies SpecificityT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryVaccinationConceptsB cell responsesGerminal center B cell responsesFollicular regulatory T cellsRegulatory T cellsTfr cellsCell responsesT cellsViral challengeHumoral memoryVirus-specific B cell responsesAntigen-specific B cell responsesFollicular helper T cellsHA stalk regionHelper T cellsInfluenza virus infectionGerminal center developmentAntibody responsePlasma cellsVirus infectionImmunization modelAntibody productionBCR repertoireInfluenza virusRepeated exposureInfluenza virus glycoproteins