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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2016

Germinal Center Hypoxia Potentiates Immunoglobulin Class Switch Recombination.

Robert K Abbott, Molly Thayer, Jasmine Labuda, Murillo Silva, Phaethon Philbrook, Derek W Cain, Hidefumi Kojima, Stephen Hatfield, Shalini Sethumadhavan, Akio Ohta and 3 more

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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79citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

79 citing papers in PubMed, 116 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

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Robert K AbbottNew England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115; robertkabbott@gmail.com.
Molly ThayerNew England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-2957-9680
Jasmine LabudaNew England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0001-6078-5733
Murillo SilvaNew England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0003-4668-6290
Phaethon PhilbrookNew England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-4927-8092
Derek W CainDepartment of Immunology and Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710.
Hidefumi KojimaDepartment of Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan; and.
Stephen HatfieldNew England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
Shalini SethumadhavanNew England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
Akio OhtaNew England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
Ellis L ReinherzLaboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0003-1048-5526
Garnett KelsoeDepartment of Immunology and Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710.
Michail SitkovskyNew England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-9819-9729
Northeastern University · USDuke University · USDokkyo Medical University · JPHarvard University · US

Funding

Structural Approches to HIV-1 Immunogen Design for BNAb GenerationU19AI091693 · NIAID · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI REINHERZ, ELLIS L · 2010 to 2015
$9.9M
Structures and Interactions of Antibodies Produced by Affinity MaturationU19AI117892 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HARRISON, STEPHEN COPLAN · 2015 to 2019
$9.2M
Cancer Immunotherapy by Targeting A2 Adenosine ReceptorR01CA111985 · NCI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SITKOVSKY, MICHAIL · 2006 to 2016
$2.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA111985NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI091693NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI117892
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Germinal centers (GCs) are anatomic sites where B cells undergo secondary diversification to produce high-affinity, class-switched Abs. We hypothesized that proliferating B cells in GCs create a hypoxic microenvironment that governs their further differentiation. Using molecular markers, we found GCs to be predominantly hypoxic. Compared to normoxia (21% O

Indexed as

Cell HypoxiaImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingRecombination, GeneticAnimalsB-LymphocytesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationGerminal CenterImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulinsLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOxygenPlasma CellsImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulinsOxygen

Identifiers

PMID27798169
PMCPMC5123804
OpenAlexW2535610150

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