2022
Reemergence of pathogenic, autoantibody-producing B cell clones in myasthenia gravis following B cell depletion therapy
Fichtner ML, Hoehn KB, Ford EE, Mane-Damas M, Oh S, Waters P, Payne AS, Smith ML, Watson CT, Losen M, Martinez-Martinez P, Nowak RJ, Kleinstein SH, O’Connor K. Reemergence of pathogenic, autoantibody-producing B cell clones in myasthenia gravis following B cell depletion therapy. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2022, 10: 154. PMID: 36307868, PMCID: PMC9617453, DOI: 10.1186/s40478-022-01454-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cell depletion therapyB cell clonesMuSK-MG patientsMyasthenia gravisB cellsMG patientsDepletion therapyCell clonesAutoantibody-producing B cellsMuscle-specific tyrosine kinaseComplete stable remissionB cell receptor repertoireCell receptor repertoireValuable candidate biomarkersB cell receptorMG relapseClinical relapseStable remissionDisease relapseAutoimmune disordersRelapsePatientsAcetylcholine receptorsCandidate biomarkersReceptor repertoire
2020
Alignment free identification of clones in B cell receptor repertoires
Lindenbaum O, Nouri N, Kluger Y, Kleinstein SH. Alignment free identification of clones in B cell receptor repertoires. Nucleic Acids Research 2020, 49: e21-e21. PMID: 33330933, PMCID: PMC7913774, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman germinal centres engage memory and naive B cells after influenza vaccination
Turner JS, Zhou JQ, Han J, Schmitz AJ, Rizk AA, Alsoussi WB, Lei T, Amor M, McIntire KM, Meade P, Strohmeier S, Brent RI, Richey ST, Haile A, Yang YR, Klebert MK, Suessen T, Teefey S, Presti RM, Krammer F, Kleinstein SH, Ward AB, Ellebedy AH. Human germinal centres engage memory and naive B cells after influenza vaccination. Nature 2020, 586: 127-132. PMID: 32866963, PMCID: PMC7566073, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2711-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cell clonesInfluenza vaccinationGerminal center B cellsB cellsGerminal center reactionCell clonesLymph nodesMonoclonal antibodiesPre-existing memory B cellsGerminal center B cell responsesStrain-specific monoclonal antibodiesCenter reactionUltrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationMajor public health threatEarly plasmablast responsesInfluenza virus vaccinationSeasonal influenza vaccinationCross-reactive monoclonal antibodiesB cell responsesMemory B cellsB-cell originFine-needle aspirationNaive B cellsPublic health threatHuman germinal centre
2018
A spectral clustering-based method for identifying clones from high-throughput B cell repertoire sequencing data
Nouri N, Kleinstein SH. A spectral clustering-based method for identifying clones from high-throughput B cell repertoire sequencing data. Bioinformatics 2018, 34: i341-i349. PMID: 29949968, PMCID: PMC6022594, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty235.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Hierarchical Clustering Can Identify B Cell Clones with High Confidence in Ig Repertoire Sequencing Data
Gupta NT, Adams KD, Briggs AW, Timberlake SC, Vigneault F, Kleinstein SH. Hierarchical Clustering Can Identify B Cell Clones with High Confidence in Ig Repertoire Sequencing Data. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 198: 2489-2499. PMID: 28179494, PMCID: PMC5340603, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601850.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
B cells populating the multiple sclerosis brain mature in the draining cervical lymph nodes
Stern JN, Yaari G, Vander Heiden JA, Church G, Donahue WF, Hintzen RQ, Huttner AJ, Laman JD, Nagra RM, Nylander A, Pitt D, Ramanan S, Siddiqui BA, Vigneault F, Kleinstein SH, Hafler DA, O'Connor KC. B cells populating the multiple sclerosis brain mature in the draining cervical lymph nodes. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 248ra107. PMID: 25100741, PMCID: PMC4388137, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical lymph nodesCentral nervous systemB cellsCerebrospinal fluidLymph nodesMultiple sclerosisLymphoid tissueCNS of patientsCNS B cellsAntigen-experienced B cellsMultiple sclerosis brainSecondary lymphoid tissuesB cell compartmentB cell trafficB cell maturationImmunomodulatory therapyImmune infiltratesPeripheral bloodInflammatory diseasesLymphocyte transmigrationPeripheral tissuesNervous systemMembers of clonesCell maturationCell trafficHigh-resolution antibody dynamics of vaccine-induced immune responses
Laserson U, Vigneault F, Gadala-Maria D, Yaari G, Uduman M, Vander Heiden J, Kelton W, Jung S, Liu Y, Laserson J, Chari R, Lee JH, Bachelet I, Hickey B, Lieberman-Aiden E, Hanczaruk B, Simen BB, Egholm M, Koller D, Georgiou G, Kleinstein SH, Church GM. High-resolution antibody dynamics of vaccine-induced immune responses. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 4928-4933. PMID: 24639495, PMCID: PMC3977259, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323862111.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Estimating Hypermutation Rates from Clonal Tree Data
Kleinstein SH, Louzoun Y, Shlomchik MJ. Estimating Hypermutation Rates from Clonal Tree Data. The Journal Of Immunology 2003, 171: 4639-4649. PMID: 14568938, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.9.4639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhy are there so few key mutant clones? The influence of stochastic selection and blocking on affinity maturation in the germinal center
Kleinstein SH, Singh JP. Why are there so few key mutant clones? The influence of stochastic selection and blocking on affinity maturation in the germinal center. International Immunology 2003, 15: 871-884. PMID: 12807826, DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxg085.sgm.Peer-Reviewed Original Research