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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023

The NFκB signaling system in the generation of B-cell subsets: from germinal center B cells to memory B cells and plasma cells.

Koushik Roy, Mainak Chakraborty, Ashok Kumar, Asit Kumar Manna, Neeladri Sekhar Roy

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Direct observation correlates NFκB cRel in B cells with activating and terminating their proliferative program.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Koushik RoyDivision of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Mainak ChakrabortyDivision of Immunology, Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India.
Ashok KumarDivision of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Asit Kumar MannaDivision of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Neeladri Sekhar RoyDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
University of Utah · USEmory University · USIndian Council of Medical Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Memory B cells and antibody-secreting cells are the two prime effector B cell populations that drive infection- and vaccine-induced long-term antibody-mediated immunity. The antibody-mediated immunity mostly relies on the formation of specialized structures within secondary lymphoid organs, called germinal centers (GCs), that facilitate the interactions between B cells, T cells, and antigen-presenting cells. Antigen-activated B cells may proliferate and differentiate into GC-independent plasmablasts and memory B cells or differentiate into GC B cells. The GC B cells undergo proliferation coupled to somatic hypermutation of their immunoglobulin genes for antibody affinity maturation. Subsequently, affinity mature GC B cells differentiate into GC-dependent plasma cells and memory B cells. Here, we review how the NFκB signaling system controls B cell proliferation and the generation of GC B cells, plasmablasts/plasma cells, and memory B cells. We also identify and discuss some important unanswered questions in this connection.

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B-Lymphocyte SubsetsPlasma CellsB-LymphocytesGerminal CenterMemory B Cellsand cell signalingB cellmemory B cellNFκBplasma cell

Identifiers

PMID38169968
PMCPMC10758606
OpenAlexW4389565315

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