Lasting Antibody Responses Are Mediated by a Combination of Newly Formed and Established Bone Marrow Plasma Cells Drawn from Clonally Distinct Precursors
Chernova I, Jones DD, Wilmore JR, Bortnick A, Yucel M, Hershberg U, Allman D. Lasting Antibody Responses Are Mediated by a Combination of Newly Formed and Established Bone Marrow Plasma Cells Drawn from Clonally Distinct Precursors. The Journal Of Immunology 2014, 193: 4971-4979. PMID: 25326027, PMCID: PMC4234148, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBM plasma cellsPlasma cellsLong-term Ab responsesLong-term humoral responseBone marrow plasma cellsT cell-dependent AgSerum Ab titersIgG-secreting cellsRole of subpopulationsMarrow plasma cellsActivated B cellsPC poolAb titersHumoral responseAntibody responseIgG AbsAb responsesL chain usageIgM AbsB cellsHapten-protein conjugatesPC subsetsChain usageIgM