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
2015
Thymic Selection: To Thine Own Self Be True
Kitz A, Hafler DA. Thymic Selection: To Thine Own Self Be True. Immunity 2015, 42: 788-789. PMID: 25992854, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Class II MHC Self-Antigen Presentation in Human B and T Lymphocytes
Costantino CM, Spooner E, Ploegh HL, Hafler DA. Class II MHC Self-Antigen Presentation in Human B and T Lymphocytes. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e29805. PMID: 22299025, PMCID: PMC3267721, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntigen PresentationAntigen-Antibody ComplexAutoantigensBlood DonorsB-LymphocytesCase-Control StudiesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TransformedHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHLA-DR AntigensHumansModels, BiologicalPeptidesProteomeSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationTandem Mass SpectrometryT-LymphocytesConceptsHLA-DRT cellsPeptide repertoireSelf-antigen presentationAntigen presenting cellsEndogenous peptide repertoireB cell repertoireT-cell processMHC-peptide complexesIL-2Presenting cellsAPC typesT lymphocytesCell repertoireNovel epitopesB cellsHuman BEndogenous epitopesClass II MHC-peptide complexesPeptide epitopesEpitopesCellsCell processesCell-specific proteomesVast majority
1994
T cell receptor (TCR) usage determines disease susceptibility in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: studies with TCR V beta 8.2 transgenic mice.
Kuchroo VK, Collins M, al-Sabbagh A, Sobel RA, Whitters MJ, Zamvil SS, Dorf ME, Hafler DA, Seidman JG, Weiner HL. T cell receptor (TCR) usage determines disease susceptibility in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: studies with TCR V beta 8.2 transgenic mice. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 1994, 179: 1659-1664. PMID: 8163944, PMCID: PMC2191471, DOI: 10.1084/jem.179.5.1659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental allergic encephalomyelitisMyelin basic proteinAutoimmune diseasesEncephalitogenic epitopeTCR repertoireTCR VProteolipid proteinTransgenic miceT cell receptor usageDiverse T cell repertoireT cell receptor repertoireExperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisAutoreactive T cellsCell receptor repertoireT cell repertoireT cell clonesAutoimmune encephalomyelitisAllergic encephalomyelitisSJL miceT cellsCell repertoirePLP epitopesReceptor usageReceptor repertoireImmunization