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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Isotype switching in human memory B cells sets intrinsic antigen-affinity thresholds that dictate antigen-driven fates.

Abhijit A Ambegaonkar, Prasida Holla, Haewon Sohn, Rachel George, Tuan M Tran, Susan K Pierce

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. In the activation of HPV-specific human B cells HPV-VLP vaccines mimic membrane-associated antigens.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. Isotype switching in human memory B cells sets intrinsic antigen-affinity thresholds that dictate antigen-driven fates.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abhijit A Ambegaonkar *Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852.
Prasida Holla *Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852.
Haewon SohnLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852.ORCID 0000-0002-5126-0676
Rachel GeorgeLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852.
Tuan M TranDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202.ORCID 0000-0002-1928-861X
Susan K PierceLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USIndiana University School of Medicine

Funding

The Initiation of B-Cell SignalingZIAAI000898 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI PIERCE, SUSAN · 2009 to 2025
$30.9M
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Intramural Research Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Memory B cells (MBCs) play a critical role in protection against homologous and variant pathogen challenge by either differentiating to plasma cells (PCs) or to germinal center (GC) B cells. The human MBC compartment contains both switched IgG

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Immunoglobulin Class SwitchingMemory B CellsAntigensB-LymphocytesHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MImmunologic MemoryAntigensImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin Maffinity thresholdsB cell receptor isotypememory B cells

Identifiers

PMID38502693
PMCPMC10990115
OpenAlexW4392946446

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