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ReviewMolecular immunology2014

Do follicular dendritic cells regulate lupus-specific B cells?

Balthasar A Heesters, Abhishek Das, Priyadarshini Chatterjee, Michael C Carroll

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Review in Molecular immunology, 2014. 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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9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Balthasar A HeestersProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Abhishek DasProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Priyadarshini ChatterjeeRegional Center for Biotechnology, New Delhi, India.
Michael C CarrollProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: Michael.carroll@Childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · USRegional Centre for Biotechnology · IN

Funding

COMPLEMENT SYSTEM AND HUMORAL IMMUNITYR01AI039246 · NIAID · IMMUNE DISEASE INSTITUTE, INC. · PI CARROLL, MICHAEL CRAIG · 1996 to 2014
$6.1M
BCR signaling during B cell development and maintenanceR37AI054636 · NIAID · IMMUNE DISEASE INSTITUTE, INC. · PI CARROLL, MICHAEL CRAIG · 2003 to 2012
$5.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI039246NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI054636
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The factors that allow self-reactive B cells to escape negative selection and become activated remain poorly defined. In this review we describe recently published results in which a B cell receptor-knock-in mouse strain specific for nucleolar self-antigens was bred with mice deficient in complement C4 and discuss the implications for the lupus field. Absence of C4 leads to a breakdown in the elimination of autoreactive B cell clones at the transitional stage. This is characterized by a relative increase in their response to a range of stimuli, entrance into follicles and a greater propensity to form self-reactive germinal centers. In this review, a model is proposed in which, in the absence of complement C4, inappropriate clearance of apoptotic debris promotes chronic activation of myeloid cells and follicular dendritic cells, resulting in secretion of Type I interferon. This allows for the maturation and activation of self-reactive B cell clones leading to increased spontaneous formation of germinal centers and subsequent generation of autoantibodies.

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AnimalsAutoantibodiesB-LymphocytesComplement C4Dendritic Cells, FollicularGerminal CenterHumansAutoantibodiesComplement C4AutoimmunityGerminal centerLupus nucleolar antigenNegative selection

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PMID24636642
PMCPMC4160379
OpenAlexW1993086929

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