ArticleCell reports. Medicine2020
An Agonistic Anti-CD137 Antibody Disrupts Lymphoid Follicle Structure and T-Cell-Dependent Antibody Responses.
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- In or out of control: Modulating regulatory T cell homeostasis and function with immune checkpoint pathways.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- CD137 agonists in mice suppress germinal center responses by increasing the immunosuppressive activity of follicular regulatory T-cells.The EMBO journal · 2026Article
- In situ DC-primed vaccine combined with CD137 agonist elicits long-lasting antitumor immunity through cDC1-mediated tumor antigen-specific CD8Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Article
- Systemic 4-1BB stimulation augments extrafollicular memory B cell formation and recall responses during Plasmodium infection.Cell reports · 2025Article
- MD Simulation Reveals a Trimerization-Enhanced Interaction of CD137L with CD137.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- A humanized 4-1BB-targeting agonistic antibody exerts potent antitumor activity in colorectal cancer without systemic toxicity.Journal of translational medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
CD137 is a costimulatory receptor expressed on natural killer cells, T cells, and subsets of dendritic cells. An agonistic monoclonal antibody (mAb) against CD137 has been used to reduce tumor burden or reverse autoimmunity in animal models and clinical trials. Here, we show that mice treated with an agonistic anti-CD137 mAb have reduced numbers of germinal center (GC) B cells and follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) in lymphoid tissues, which impair antibody responses to multiple T-cell-dependent antigens, including infectious virus, viral proteins, and conjugated haptens. These effects are not due to enhanced apoptosis or impaired proliferation of B cells but instead correlate with changes in lymphoid follicle structure and GC B cell dispersal and are mediated by CD137 signaling in CD4
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