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ArticleImmunity2019

A Regulatory Circuit Controlling the Dynamics of NFκB cRel Transitions B Cells from Proliferation to Plasma Cell Differentiation.

Koushik Roy, Simon Mitchell, Yi Liu, Sho Ohta, Yu-Sheng Lin, Marie Oliver Metzig, Stephen L Nutt, Alexander Hoffmann

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Article in Immunity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Koushik RoySignaling Systems Laboratory, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Simon MitchellSignaling Systems Laboratory, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Yi LiuSignaling Systems Laboratory, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Sho OhtaSignaling Systems Laboratory, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Yu-Sheng LinSignaling Systems Laboratory, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Marie Oliver MetzigSignaling Systems Laboratory, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Stephen L NuttWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3050, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
Alexander HoffmannSignaling Systems Laboratory, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: ahoffmann@ucla.edu.
QB3 · USThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Cell decision underlying B-cell immune responsesR01AI132731 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HOFFMANN, ALEXANDER · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
The NF-kB signaling system as a regulator of B-cell activationR01AI083453 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HOFFMANN, ALEXANDER · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083453NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI132731
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humoral immunity depends on efficient activation of B cells and their subsequent differentiation into antibody-secreting cells (ASCs). The transcription factor NFκB cRel is critical for B cell proliferation, but incorporating its known regulatory interactions into a mathematical model of the ASC differentiation circuit prevented ASC generation in simulations. Indeed, experimental ectopic cRel expression blocked ASC differentiation by inhibiting the transcription factor Blimp1, and in wild-type (WT) cells cRel was dynamically repressed during ASC differentiation by Blimp1 binding the Rel locus. Including this bi-stable circuit of mutual cRel-Blimp1 antagonism into a multi-scale model revealed that dynamic repression of cRel controls the switch from B cell proliferation to ASC generation phases and hence the respective cell population dynamics. Our studies provide a mechanistic explanation of how dysregulation of this bi-stable circuit might result in pathologic B cell population phenotypes and thus offer new avenues for diagnostic stratification and treatment.

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AnimalsAntibody-Producing CellsB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCell LineCell ProliferationFemaleGene Expression RegulationHEK293 CellsHumansImmunity, HumoralLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNF-kappa BNF-kappa Bantibody-secreting cellsB cellsBlimp1differentiationmulti-scale modelmutual antagonismNFκBproliferation

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PMID30850343
PMCPMC6955201
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