Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18641311›Full record

ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2008

The agonists of TLR4 and 9 are sufficient to activate memory B cells to differentiate into plasma cells in vitro but not in vivo.

Katharina Richard, Susan K Pierce, Wenxia Song

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katharina RichardDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Susan K Pierce
Wenxia Song
University of Maryland, College Park · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

The actin cytoskeleton in Beta cell activationR01AI059617 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI SONG, WENXIA · 2006 to 2009
$1.0M
The Generation and Maintenance of Human Memory B CellsZIAAI000949 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI PIERCE, SUSAN · 2009 to 2009
$822k
Intracellular Trafficking Of The B-cell Antigen ReceptorZ01AI000899 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI PIERCE, SUSAN · 2001 to 2008
$625k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000899NIAID NIH HHS AI059617NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI059617
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Memory B cells can persist for a lifetime and be reactivated to yield high affinity, isotype switched plasma cells. The generation of memory B cells by Ag immunization requires adjuvants that generally contain TLR agonists. However, requirements for memory B cell activation and the role of TLRs in this activation are not well understood. In this study, we analyzed the response of memory B cells from immunized mice to TLR9 and 4 agonists CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) and LPS. Mouse memory B cells express both TLR9 and 4, and respond to both CpG ODN and LPS in vitro by differentiating into high affinity IgG secreting plasma cells. In contrast, neither CpG ODN nor LPS alone is sufficient to activate memory B cells in vivo. Ag is required for the clonal expansion of Ag-specific memory B cells, the differentiation of memory B cells to high affinity IgG secreting plasma cells, and the recall of high affinity Ab responses. The Ag-specific B cells that have not yet undergone isotype switching showed a relatively higher expression of TLR4 than memory B cells, which was reflected in a heightened response to LPS, but in both cases yielded mostly low affinity IgM secreting plasma cells. Thus, although memory B cells are sensitive to TLR agonists in vitro, TLR agonists alone appear to have little affect on B cell memory in vivo.

Indexed as

AnimalsB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedImmunoglobulin GImmunologic MemoryLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhenotypeToll-Like Receptor 4Toll-Like Receptor 7Toll-Like Receptor 9Immunoglobulin GToll-Like Receptor 4Toll-Like Receptor 7Toll-Like Receptor 9

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PMID18641311
PMCPMC2679533
OpenAlexW1950612873

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