Defective Early B Cell Tolerance Checkpoints in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Allow the Production of Self Antigen–Specific Clones
Glauzy S, Olson B, May CK, Parisi D, Massad C, Hansen JE, Ryu C, Herzog EL, Meffre E. Defective Early B Cell Tolerance Checkpoints in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Allow the Production of Self Antigen–Specific Clones. Arthritis & Rheumatology 2021, 74: 307-317. PMID: 34279059, PMCID: PMC8766600, DOI: 10.1002/art.41927.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cell tolerance checkpointsEarly B cell tolerance checkpointsPeripheral B cell tolerance checkpointsNaive B cellsMature naive B cellsSystemic sclerosisTransitional B cellsTolerance checkpointsB cellsHealthy donorsAutoreactive mature naive B cellsAutoreactive naive B cellsAntigen-specific B cellsCentral B cell toleranceB cell toleranceB cell productionAntigen-specific clonesReactivity of antibodiesSingle B cellsSSc patientsSerum autoantibodiesAutoimmune diseasesImmune complexesPatientsCell tolerance