2022
FK506-Binding Protein 11 Is a Novel Plasma Cell-Specific Antibody Folding Catalyst with Increased Expression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Preisendörfer S, Ishikawa Y, Hennen E, Winklmeier S, Schupp JC, Knüppel L, Fernandez IE, Binzenhöfer L, Flatley A, Juan-Guardela BM, Ruppert C, Guenther A, Frankenberger M, Hatz RA, Kneidinger N, Behr J, Feederle R, Schepers A, Hilgendorff A, Kaminski N, Meinl E, Bächinger HP, Eickelberg O, Staab-Weijnitz CA. FK506-Binding Protein 11 Is a Novel Plasma Cell-Specific Antibody Folding Catalyst with Increased Expression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Cells 2022, 11: 1341. PMID: 35456020, PMCID: PMC9027113, DOI: 10.3390/cells11081341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPlasma cellsPulmonary fibrosisIgG antibodiesFatal chronic lung diseaseCell linesAntibody-producing plasma cellsChronic lung diseaseAdaptive immune responsesHybridoma cell linesAlveolar epithelial cell lineCell-specific antibodiesCell deathAntibody-producing hybridoma cellsAutoimmune featuresX-box-binding protein 1IPF lungsLung diseaseEpithelial cell lineImmune responseLymphatic tissueB cellsStress-mediated cell deathAntibody secretionER stress-mediated cell death
2021
Cutting Edge: Distinct B Cell Repertoires Characterize Patients with Mild and Severe COVID-19
Hoehn KB, Ramanathan P, Unterman A, Sumida TS, Asashima H, Hafler DA, Kaminski N, Dela Cruz CS, Sealfon SC, Bukreyev A, Kleinstein SH. Cutting Edge: Distinct B Cell Repertoires Characterize Patients with Mild and Severe COVID-19. The Journal Of Immunology 2021, 206: 2785-2790. PMID: 34049971, PMCID: PMC8627528, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere COVID-19Mild COVID-19B cell responsesMemory B cellsB cell repertoireB cellsCell repertoireCOVID-19Cell responsesExtrafollicular B cell responsesLong-term immunitySymptomatic COVID-19Onset of symptomsB cell populationsGerminal center reactionProtective immunityPlasma cellsSingle-cell RNA sequencingCenter reactionPatientsCell populationsImmunityRNA sequencingCellsPostvaccination