2022
Phylogenetic analysis of migration, differentiation, and class switching in B cells
Hoehn KB, Pybus OG, Kleinstein SH. Phylogenetic analysis of migration, differentiation, and class switching in B cells. PLOS Computational Biology 2022, 18: e1009885. PMID: 35468128, PMCID: PMC9037912, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationHIV InfectionsHumansImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingPhylogenyReceptors, Antigen, B-Cell
2017
Interleukin-10 from CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells promotes the germinal center response
Laidlaw BJ, Lu Y, Amezquita RA, Weinstein JS, Vander Heiden JA, Gupta NT, Kleinstein SH, Kaech SM, Craft J. Interleukin-10 from CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells promotes the germinal center response. Science Immunology 2017, 2 PMID: 29054998, PMCID: PMC5846620, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aan4767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFollicular regulatory T cellsRegulatory T cellsIL-10Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virusT cellsB cellsInterleukin-10GC responseCell-derived IL-10Follicular helper T cellsHelper T cellsB cell responsesGerminal center responseGerminal center developmentActivated B cellsBox protein 1GC B cellsAcute infectionCenter responseCell responsesImportant mediatorNuclear translocationGC reactionProtein 1Forkhead box protein 1Polycomb Repressive Complex 2-Mediated Chromatin Repression Guides Effector CD8+ T Cell Terminal Differentiation and Loss of Multipotency
Gray SM, Amezquita RA, Guan T, Kleinstein SH, Kaech SM. Polycomb Repressive Complex 2-Mediated Chromatin Repression Guides Effector CD8+ T Cell Terminal Differentiation and Loss of Multipotency. Immunity 2017, 46: 596-608. PMID: 28410989, PMCID: PMC5457165, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2017.03.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationChromatinEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinFlow CytometryForkhead Box Protein O1Gene ExpressionHistonesImmunoblottingImmunologic MemoryLysineMethylationMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicModels, ImmunologicalMultipotent Stem CellsPolycomb Repressive Complex 2Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionConceptsH3K27me3 depositionPolycomb repressive complex 2T cell terminal differentiationRepressive complex 2MP cellsLoss of multipotencyPro-survival genesCell terminal differentiationFate restrictionPermissive chromatinEpigenetic silencingMemory cell potentialDevelopmental plasticityCell developmentTerminal differentiationCell differentiationGenesPrecursor cellsFOXO1 expressionChromatinMemory precursor cellsMultipotencyCell maturationClonal expansionCells
2015
The transcription factors ZEB2 and T-bet cooperate to program cytotoxic T cell terminal differentiation in response to LCMV viral infection
Dominguez CX, Amezquita RA, Guan T, Marshall HD, Joshi NS, Kleinstein SH, Kaech SM. The transcription factors ZEB2 and T-bet cooperate to program cytotoxic T cell terminal differentiation in response to LCMV viral infection. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2015, 212: 2041-2056. PMID: 26503446, PMCID: PMC4647261, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20150186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCluster AnalysisFlow CytometryHomeodomain ProteinsHost-Pathogen InteractionsLectins, C-TypeLymphocytic ChoriomeningitisLymphocytic choriomeningitis virusMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisProtein BindingReceptors, ImmunologicRepressor ProteinsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionT-Box Domain ProteinsT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTranscriptomeZinc Finger E-box Binding Homeobox 2ConceptsTerminal differentiationT cell terminal differentiationChromatin immunoprecipitation sequencingNovel genetic pathwaysTranscription factor ZEB2Cell terminal differentiationZeb2 functionImmunoprecipitation sequencingMemory cell potentialDifferentiation programGenetic pathwaysCytotoxic T lymphocyte differentiationTerminal effectorZEB2 mRNAPrecursor cellsCoordinated actionLymphocyte differentiationT lymphocyte differentiationMemory precursor cellsGenesT-betDifferentiationViral infectionZEB2Cooperate
2014
B cells populating the multiple sclerosis brain mature in the draining cervical lymph nodes
Stern JN, Yaari G, Vander Heiden JA, Church G, Donahue WF, Hintzen RQ, Huttner AJ, Laman JD, Nagra RM, Nylander A, Pitt D, Ramanan S, Siddiqui BA, Vigneault F, Kleinstein SH, Hafler DA, O'Connor KC. B cells populating the multiple sclerosis brain mature in the draining cervical lymph nodes. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 248ra107. PMID: 25100741, PMCID: PMC4388137, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical lymph nodesCentral nervous systemB cellsCerebrospinal fluidLymph nodesMultiple sclerosisLymphoid tissueCNS of patientsCNS B cellsAntigen-experienced B cellsMultiple sclerosis brainSecondary lymphoid tissuesB cell compartmentB cell trafficB cell maturationImmunomodulatory therapyImmune infiltratesPeripheral bloodInflammatory diseasesLymphocyte transmigrationPeripheral tissuesNervous systemMembers of clonesCell maturationCell trafficTLR4 Ligands Lipopolysaccharide and Monophosphoryl Lipid A Differentially Regulate Effector and Memory CD8+ T Cell Differentiation
Cui W, Joshi NS, Liu Y, Meng H, Kleinstein SH, Kaech SM. TLR4 Ligands Lipopolysaccharide and Monophosphoryl Lipid A Differentially Regulate Effector and Memory CD8+ T Cell Differentiation. The Journal Of Immunology 2014, 192: 4221-4232. PMID: 24659688, PMCID: PMC4071140, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1302569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell differentiationT cellsEffector cellsTLR ligandsToll/IL-1R domain-containing adapterClonal expansionMore memory T cellsMemory T cellsT cell memoryEffector cell expansionTLR4 ligand LPSMonophosphoryl lipid ARole of adjuvantsTLR4 ligand lipopolysaccharideCell differentiationGene expression signaturesMemory CD8LPS-TLR4TLR4 ligandMonophosphoryl lipidLigand LPSLigand lipopolysaccharideAb productionSecondary infectionCell memory
2012
The Blood Transcriptional Signature of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Is Consistent with an Ongoing Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Response
Bolen CR, Robek MD, Brodsky L, Schulz V, Lim JK, Taylor MW, Kleinstein SH. The Blood Transcriptional Signature of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Is Consistent with an Ongoing Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Response. Journal Of Interferon & Cytokine Research 2012, 33: 15-23. PMID: 23067362, PMCID: PMC3539252, DOI: 10.1089/jir.2012.0037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsHCV patientsHealthy volunteersChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionChronic hepatitis C virusInfected individualsTreatment-naïve HCV patientsHepatitis C virus infectionBlood transcriptional profilesBlood transcriptional signaturesC virus infectionChronic HCV infectionOngoing immune responseBlood mononuclear cellsHepatitis C virusBlood transcriptional profilingDrug treatment responseHCV infectionSubset of IFNMononuclear cellsC virusIFN signatureHealthy controlsTreatment responseVirus infection
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigensB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCell MovementGerminal CenterMicePhenotypeT-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer
2007
Definition of Germinal-Center B Cell Migration In Vivo Reveals Predominant Intrazonal Circulation Patterns
Hauser AE, Junt T, Mempel TR, Sneddon MW, Kleinstein SH, Henrickson SE, von Andrian UH, Shlomchik MJ, Haberman AM. Definition of Germinal-Center B Cell Migration In Vivo Reveals Predominant Intrazonal Circulation Patterns. Immunity 2007, 26: 655-667. PMID: 17509908, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.04.008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research