2021
Human B cell lineages associated with germinal centers following influenza vaccination are measurably evolving
Hoehn KB, Turner JS, Miller FI, Jiang R, Pybus OG, Ellebedy A, Kleinstein SH. Human B cell lineages associated with germinal centers following influenza vaccination are measurably evolving. ELife 2021, 10: e70873. PMID: 34787567, PMCID: PMC8741214, DOI: 10.7554/elife.70873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeasonal influenza vaccinationInfluenza vaccinationB-cell lineageGerminal centersB cell evolutionPoor efficacyB cellsSeasonal influenza virus vaccinationSeasonal influenza virus vaccinesVaccine-induced B cell responsesInfluenza virus vaccinationInfluenza virus vaccinePre-existing immunityB cell responsesMemory B cellsCell lineagesGC B cellsSeasonal vaccinationHIV infectionVirus vaccinationVirus vaccineVaccinationVaccine antigensCell responsesSignificant heterogeneity
2019
Inferred Allelic Variants of Immunoglobulin Receptor Genes: A System for Their Evaluation, Documentation, and Naming
Ohlin M, Scheepers C, Corcoran M, Lees WD, Busse CE, Bagnara D, Thörnqvist L, Bürckert JP, Jackson KJL, Ralph D, Schramm CA, Marthandan N, Breden F, Scott J, Matsen F, Greiff V, Yaari G, Kleinstein SH, Christley S, Sherkow JS, Kossida S, Lefranc MP, van Zelm MC, Watson CT, Collins AM. Inferred Allelic Variants of Immunoglobulin Receptor Genes: A System for Their Evaluation, Documentation, and Naming. Frontiers In Immunology 2019, 10: 435. PMID: 30936866, PMCID: PMC6431624, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesBase SequenceDatabases, GeneticDatasets as TopicGene LibraryGenes, ImmunoglobulinGenetic VariationGerm-Line MutationHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionPolymerase Chain ReactionSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidTerminology as TopicV(D)J RecombinationVDJ ExonsConceptsGene databaseInternational ImMunoGeneTics information systemAdaptive immune receptor repertoire sequencingLymphocyte receptor genesAllelic variantsGermline genesReceptor geneAIRR CommunityVertebrate speciesGenetic variationIg diversityAIRR-seq dataJ genesIg genesAllelic sequencesGenesIGHV genesEffector moleculesUnprecedented insightsB-cell lineageBiological interpretationT cell receptorReference databaseGene variationRepertoire studies