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Maturation of germinal center B cells after influenza virus vaccination in humans
McIntire K, Meng H, Lin T, Kim W, Moore N, Han J, McMahon M, Wang M, Malladi S, Mohammed B, Zhou J, Schmitz A, Hoehn K, Carreño J, Yellin T, Suessen T, Middleton W, Teefey S, Presti R, Krammer F, Turner J, Ward A, Wilson I, Kleinstein S, Ellebedy A. Maturation of germinal center B cells after influenza virus vaccination in humans. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2024, 221: e20240668. PMID: 38935072, PMCID: PMC11211068, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20240668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cellsInfluenza vaccineGerminal centersAntigen-specific GC B cellsResponse to seasonal influenza vaccinationLong-lived bone marrow plasma cellsResponse to influenza vaccinationBone marrow plasma cellsGerminal center B cellsGC B cell clonesInfluenza virus vaccineMaturation of B cellsMarrow plasma cellsSeasonal influenza vaccineMemory B cellsHemagglutinin (HAB cell clonesGC B cellsInfluenza hemagglutinin (HAH5 HANeedle aspirationLymphoid structuresLymph nodesPlasma cellsGC reaction
2024
Memory B cell subsets have divergent developmental origins that are coupled to distinct imprinted epigenetic states
Callahan D, Smita S, Joachim S, Hoehn K, Kleinstein S, Weisel F, Chikina M, Shlomchik M. Memory B cell subsets have divergent developmental origins that are coupled to distinct imprinted epigenetic states. Nature Immunology 2024, 25: 562-575. PMID: 38200277, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-023-01721-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGerminal center B cellsDistinct genomic featuresDP cellsDevelopmental originsEpigenetic stateFunctional diversityEpigenetic patternsTranscriptional profilingGenomic featuresDN cellsDistinct developmental historiesB cellsReporter miceFunctional responseCellsMemory B cellsChromatinB cell subsetsCell-dependent responsesMultiple approachesProgenyDiversityT cell-dependent responsesGerminal centersDevelopmental history
2020
Human germinal centres engage memory and naive B cells after influenza vaccination
Turner JS, Zhou JQ, Han J, Schmitz AJ, Rizk AA, Alsoussi WB, Lei T, Amor M, McIntire KM, Meade P, Strohmeier S, Brent RI, Richey ST, Haile A, Yang YR, Klebert MK, Suessen T, Teefey S, Presti RM, Krammer F, Kleinstein SH, Ward AB, Ellebedy AH. Human germinal centres engage memory and naive B cells after influenza vaccination. Nature 2020, 586: 127-132. PMID: 32866963, PMCID: PMC7566073, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2711-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cell clonesInfluenza vaccinationGerminal center B cellsB cellsGerminal center reactionCell clonesLymph nodesMonoclonal antibodiesPre-existing memory B cellsGerminal center B cell responsesStrain-specific monoclonal antibodiesCenter reactionUltrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationMajor public health threatEarly plasmablast responsesInfluenza virus vaccinationSeasonal influenza vaccinationCross-reactive monoclonal antibodiesB cell responsesMemory B cellsB-cell originFine-needle aspirationNaive B cellsPublic health threatHuman germinal centreMutant EZH2 Induces a Pre-malignant Lymphoma Niche by Reprogramming the Immune Response
Béguelin W, Teater M, Meydan C, Hoehn KB, Phillip JM, Soshnev AA, Venturutti L, Rivas MA, Calvo-Fernández MT, Gutierrez J, Camarillo JM, Takata K, Tarte K, Kelleher NL, Steidl C, Mason CE, Elemento O, Allis CD, Kleinstein SH, Melnick AM. Mutant EZH2 Induces a Pre-malignant Lymphoma Niche by Reprogramming the Immune Response. Cancer Cell 2020, 37: 655-673.e11. PMID: 32396861, PMCID: PMC7298875, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFollicular lymphomaB cellsIndolent tumorsCell helpFollicular dendritic cell networksB cell requirementDendritic cell networksFollicular helper cellsGerminal center B cellsGC B cellsHelper cellsImmunological nicheImmune responseMalignant transformationHuman follicular lymphomaEZH2 mutationsPrevents inductionFunction mutationsTumorsCell requirementsCellsMutant EZH2LymphomaMutations
2016
A Model of Somatic Hypermutation Targeting in Mice Based on High-Throughput Ig Sequencing Data
Cui A, Di Niro R, Vander Heiden JA, Briggs AW, Adams K, Gilbert T, O'Connor KC, Vigneault F, Shlomchik MJ, Kleinstein SH. A Model of Somatic Hypermutation Targeting in Mice Based on High-Throughput Ig Sequencing Data. The Journal Of Immunology 2016, 197: 3566-3574. PMID: 27707999, PMCID: PMC5161250, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB-LymphocytesCells, CulturedClonal Selection, Antigen-MediatedDNA RepairFemaleGerminal CenterHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, TransgenicModels, GeneticMutationMutation RateSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinConceptsSpecific DNA motifsSimilar biological processesObserved mutation patternDNA repair activityIg sequencesNonfunctional sequencesDNA motifsMutation patternsHigh mutation frequencySelection pressureUnselected mutationsSequencing dataBiological processesFunctional sequencesRepair activityTransition mutationsSomatic hypermutation patternsGerminal center B cellsSomatic hypermutationNext-generation methodsHypermutation patternsMutation frequencyMutationsSequenceMotif
2013
Multiple Transcription Factor Binding Sites Predict AID Targeting in Non-Ig Genes
Duke JL, Liu M, Yaari G, Khalil AM, Tomayko MM, Shlomchik MJ, Schatz DG, Kleinstein SH. Multiple Transcription Factor Binding Sites Predict AID Targeting in Non-Ig Genes. The Journal Of Immunology 2013, 190: 3878-3888. PMID: 23514741, PMCID: PMC3689293, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription Factor Binding SitesAID-induced lesionsNon-Ig genesGenome instabilityTranscription factorsAberrant targetingSequence dataCertain genesGenesAID targetingGerminal center B cellsSomatic mutationsLikely targetBinding sitesAID targetsTargetingClassification tree modelMistargetingB cellsLociMechanismTargetMutationsSites
2011
Germinal Center B Cell and T Follicular Helper Cell Development Initiates in the Interfollicular Zone
Kerfoot SM, Yaari G, Patel JR, Johnson KL, Gonzalez DG, Kleinstein SH, Haberman AM. Germinal Center B Cell and T Follicular Helper Cell Development Initiates in the Interfollicular Zone. Immunity 2011, 34: 947-960. PMID: 21636295, PMCID: PMC3280079, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.03.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInter-follicular germinal center B cell and T follicular helper cell development precedes follicular Tfh maintenance (63.23)
Kerfoot S, Yaari G, Patel J, Johnson K, Gonzalez D, Kleinstein S, Haberman A. Inter-follicular germinal center B cell and T follicular helper cell development precedes follicular Tfh maintenance (63.23). The Journal Of Immunology 2011, 186: 63.23-63.23. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.186.supp.63.23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGerminal center B cellsB cellsPD-1T cellsT-cell immigrationFollicular helper cell developmentTfh cell differentiationCognate B cellsDays post immunizationSuch B cellsB cell entryTfh cellsTFH phenotypeInterfollicular zonesPost immunizationGerminal centersBCL-6GL7 expressionCell immigrationLong-term maintenanceCell entryCell developmentFolliclesCell typesCellsActivated germinal centre B cells undergo directed migration.
O'Connor MJ, Hauser AE, Haberman AM, Kleinstein SH. Activated germinal centre B cells undergo directed migration. International Journal Of Data Mining And Bioinformatics 2011, 5: 321-31. PMID: 21805826, PMCID: PMC4343311, DOI: 10.1504/ijdmb.2011.040387.Peer-Reviewed Original Research