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ArticleJournal of clinical immunology2012

B-cell tolerance defects in the B6.Aec1/2 mouse model of Sjögren's syndrome.

Wenzhao Meng, Yongmei Li, Emily Xue, Minoru Satoh, Ammon B Peck, Philip L Cohen, Robert A Eisenberg, Eline T Luning Prak

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Article in Journal of clinical immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wenzhao MengDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Yongmei Li
Emily Xue
Minoru Satoh
Ammon B Peck
Philip L Cohen
Robert A Eisenberg
Eline T Luning Prak
University of Pennsylvania · USTemple University · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

UF Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR000064 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI NELSON, DAVID R · 2012 to 2014
$12.2M
EXPERIMENTAL INDUCTION OF SLE BY ALTERED IAR01AR034156 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LUNING PRAK, ELINE TJETSKE · 1986 to 2012
$3.5M
B Cells in Murine Sjogren's SyndromeR01DE017590 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI COHEN, PHILIP L · 2006 to 2010
$2.4M
Mechanisms of autoreactivity in SLER01AI063626 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EISENBERG, ROBERT A. · 2005 to 2009
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000064NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI063626NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR034156NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR34156NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017590NIDCR NIH HHS R01DE017590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePrimary Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary and lacrimal glands, B-cell clonal expansions and an increased risk of lymphoma. In order to understand the role of B cells in this disorder, the antibody repertoire and B-cell maturation were studied in a mouse model of SjS called B6.Aec1/2.

methodsB6.Aec1/2 serum was analyzed for antibodies by ELISA and immunoprecipitation, B-cell development by flow cytometry, and antibody gene rearrangements by CDR3 spectratyping and quantitative PCR. In order to test the functional consequences of the observed defects, B6.Aec1/2 mice were crossed with anti-dsDNA antibody heavy chain knock-in mice (B6.56R).

resultsB6.Aec1/2 mice exhibit B-cell clonal expansions, have altered serum immunoglobulin levels and spontaneously produce multireactive autoantibodies. B6.Aec1/2 mice also have decreased numbers of bone marrow pre-B cells and decreased frequencies of kappa light chain gene deletion. These findings suggest that B6.Aec1/2 mice have a defective early B-cell tolerance checkpoint. B6.56R.Aec1/2 mice unexpectedly had lower anti-dsDNA antibody levels than B6.56R mice and less salivary gland infiltration than B6.Aec1/2 mice.

conclusionsThese data suggest that the early tolerance checkpoint defect in B6.Aec1/2 mice is not sufficient to promulgate disease in mice with pre-formed autoantibodies, such as B6.56R. Rather, B6.Aec1/2 mice may require a diverse B-cell repertoire for efficient T-B-cell collaboration and disease propagation. These findings imply that therapies aimed at reducing B-cell diversity or T-B interactions may be helpful in treating SjS.

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Disease Models, AnimalImmune ToleranceAnimalsAutoantibodiesB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationChromatinDNAFemaleImmunoglobulinsMiceMice, TransgenicSjogren's SyndromeAutoantibodiesChromatinDNAImmunoglobulins

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