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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2016

B-1 Cell Heterogeneity and the Regulation of Natural and Antigen-Induced IgM Production.

Nicole Baumgarth

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers.

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126citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 188 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicole BaumgarthDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis , Davis, CA , USA.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

Virus-induced Cell Fate Decisions in Anti-Viral ImmunityU19AI109962 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI LEE, FRANCES EUN-HYUNG · 2014 to 2018
$11.6M
Regulation of Humoral Immunity to Influenza VirusR01AI051354 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI BAUMGARTH, NICOLE · 2002 to 2012
$3.0M
Long-lived B cell Immunity in the Respiratory TractR01AI085568 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI BAUMGARTH, NICOLE · 2010 to 2013
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051354NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI085568NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI109962
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A small subset of B cells, termed B-1 cells, with developmental origins, phenotypes, and functions that are distinct from those of conventional B cells exist in mice. It contributes the vast majority of spontaneously produced "natural" IgM. Natural IgM is constitutively produced, even in the absence of microbiota, and fulfills many distinct functions in tissue homeostasis and host defense. B-1 cells also respond with IgM production to innate signals and pathogen exposure, while maintaining steady-state levels natural IgM. Thus, within the B-1 cell pool, cells of distinct and heterogeneous functionality must exist to facilitate these different functions. This review considers three factors that may contribute to this heterogeneity: first, developmental differences regarding the origins of the precursors, second, tissue-specific signals that may differentially affect B-1 cells in the tissue compartments, and finally responsiveness to self-antigens as well as innate and antigen-specific signals. All three are likely to shape the repertoire and responsiveness of B-1 cells to homeostatic- and antigen-induced signals and thus contribute to the functional heterogeneity among these innate-like B cells.

Indexed as

B-1 cellsB cell developmentimmune regulationinnate-like lymphocytesnatural IgM

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PMID27667991
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