2019
Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequences
Tormey CA, Hendrickson JE. Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequences. Blood 2019, 133: 1821-1830. PMID: 30808636, PMCID: PMC6484385, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-08-833962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfusion recipientsBlood donorsPreventative strategiesBlood product exposureCompatible RBC unitsRBC alloantibody formationHemolytic transfusion reactionsDevelopment of alloantibodiesAdaptive immune factorsJudicious transfusionRBC alloimmunizationImmunomodulatory therapyAlloantibody formationBlood transfusionRBC alloantibodiesRecipient variablesFuture pregnanciesImmune factorsTransfusion reactionsBlood productsHemolytic diseaseFuture transfusionsHuman studiesTransfusionAlloantibodies
2018
Marginal Zone B Cells Induce Alloantibody Formation Following RBC Transfusion
Patel SR, Gibb DR, Girard-Pierce K, Zhou X, Rodrigues LC, Arthur CM, Bennett AL, Jajosky RP, Fuller M, Maier CL, Zerra PE, Chonat S, Smith NH, Tormey CA, Hendrickson JE, Stowell SR. Marginal Zone B Cells Induce Alloantibody Formation Following RBC Transfusion. Frontiers In Immunology 2018, 9: 2516. PMID: 30505302, PMCID: PMC6250814, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMZ B cellsMarginal zone B cellsRBC transfusionB cellsKEL RBCsImmune factorsAntibody formationRBC antigensRed blood cell alloimmunizationKey immune factorsSpecific immune compartmentCD4 T cellsFollicular B cellsAlloantibody formationImmune compartmentAntibody responseT cellsTherapeutic modalitiesTransfusionImmunological challengeImmune pathwaysMarginal sinusSplenic compartmentsImmune constituentsAlloimmunization