2023
Tracking B cell responses to the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 vaccine
de Assis F, Hoehn K, Zhang X, Kardava L, Smith C, Merhebi O, Buckner C, Trihemasava K, Wang W, Seamon C, Chen V, Schaughency P, Cheung F, Martins A, Chiang C, Li Y, Tsang J, Chun T, Kleinstein S, Moir S. Tracking B cell responses to the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 vaccine. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 112780. PMID: 37440409, PMCID: PMC10529190, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112780.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory B cellsB cell receptorB cellsAtypical memory B cellsInfection-naïve individualsTwo-dose SARSSARS-CoV-2 mRNAB cell responsesAntibody-secreting cellsMonth 6Protective immunityCell responsesCell receptorClonal expansionImmunoglobulin GEarly timepointsLater timepointsPlasmablastsVaccinationCD71TimepointsSurface proteinsCellsMultimodal single-cell analysisMRNA
2020
Broad immune activation underlies shared set point signatures for vaccine responsiveness in healthy individuals and disease activity in patients with lupus
Kotliarov Y, Sparks R, Martins A, Mulè M, Lu Y, Goswami M, Kardava L, Banchereau R, Pascual V, Biancotto A, Chen J, Schwartzberg P, Bansal N, Liu C, Cheung F, Moir S, Tsang J. Broad immune activation underlies shared set point signatures for vaccine responsiveness in healthy individuals and disease activity in patients with lupus. Nature Medicine 2020, 26: 618-629. PMID: 32094927, PMCID: PMC8392163, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0769-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibody FormationB-LymphocytesChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansInfluenza VaccinesInfluenza, HumanLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMaleMiddle AgedTranscriptomeVaccinationYellow FeverYellow Fever VaccineYoung AdultConceptsDisease activityVaccine responsivenessAutoimmune disease activityBlood transcriptional signaturesYellow fever vaccinationSystemic lupus erythematosusClinical quiescenceFever vaccinationLupus erythematosusCancer immunotherapyBaseline predictorsDisease outcomeHealthy subjectsImmune responseI IFNHealthy individualsVaccinationTranscriptional signatureImmune variationBaseline statePatientsExtent of activationBiological basisSurface proteinsInfection response
2014
Random yet deterministic: convergent immunoglobulin responses to influenza
Martins A, Tsang J. Random yet deterministic: convergent immunoglobulin responses to influenza. Trends In Microbiology 2014, 22: 488-489. PMID: 25179798, PMCID: PMC4961090, DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.07.005.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters