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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2026

Regulation of B cell development and lymphocyte function by transcriptional coactivator OCA-B.

Xiangdong Lu, Robert G Roeder

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Xiangdong LuLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States.
Robert G RoederLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

OCA-B (OCT Coactivator from B cells) is highly expressed in B cells and is the first-identified tissue-specific transcriptional coactivator. Mechanistically, OCA-B is recruited to target genes through primary interactions with DNA-binding transcription factors OCT1/OCT2, as well as secondary interactions with MEF2B, and its effector functions in activating transcription involve interactions with the Mediator coactivator complex. Physiologically, OCA-B plays an essential role in antigen-stimulated Germinal Center (GC) formation and transcription of secondary immunoglobulin (Ig) genes. OCA-B also regulates bone marrow and peripheral B cell development. While GC B cell-specific inactivation of

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B-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationAnimalsGene Expression RegulationGerminal CenterHumansLymphocyte ActivationMEF2 Transcription FactorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6MEF2 Transcription FactorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6B cell developmentBCL6coactivatorfollicular T helper cellsgerminal centermemory T cellOCA-Btranscriptional regulation

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PMCPMC13043367

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