2022
High-affinity, neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 can be made without T follicular helper cells
Chen JS, Chow RD, Song E, Mao T, Israelow B, Kamath K, Bozekowski J, Haynes WA, Filler RB, Menasche BL, Wei J, Alfajaro MM, Song W, Peng L, Carter L, Weinstein JS, Gowthaman U, Chen S, Craft J, Shon JC, Iwasaki A, Wilen CB, Eisenbarth SC. High-affinity, neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 can be made without T follicular helper cells. Science Immunology 2022, 7: eabl5652. PMID: 34914544, PMCID: PMC8977051, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl5652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2Follicular helper cellsB cell responsesHelper cellsAntibody productionCell responsesSARS-CoV-2 vaccinationB-cell receptor sequencingSevere COVID-19Cell receptor sequencingIndependent antibodiesT cell-B cell interactionsViral inflammationAntiviral antibodiesImmunoglobulin class switchingVirus infectionGerminal centersViral infectionClonal repertoireInfectionAntibodiesClass switchingCOVID-19Patients
2016
CD301b+ dendritic cells suppress T follicular helper cells and antibody responses to protein antigens
Kumamoto Y, Hirai T, Wong PW, Kaplan DH, Iwasaki A. CD301b+ dendritic cells suppress T follicular helper cells and antibody responses to protein antigens. ELife 2016, 5: e17979. PMID: 27657168, PMCID: PMC5033605, DOI: 10.7554/elife.17979.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDendritic cellsAntibody responsePD-L1Protein antigensBlocking PD-1Follicular helper cellsPD-1 ligandsStrong antibody responseWild-type miceGerminal center B cellsTfh cellsPD-1Cell primingIgG responsesHelper cellsPD-L2Autoantibody generationSuccessful vaccineCD301bB cellsTransient depletionAntigenMiceAntibodiesNovel regulatory mechanism