2023
Age-associated B cells are heterogeneous and dynamic drivers of autoimmunity in mice
Nickerson K, Smita S, Hoehn K, Marinov A, Thomas K, Kos J, Yang Y, Bastacky S, Watson C, Kleinstein S, Shlomchik M. Age-associated B cells are heterogeneous and dynamic drivers of autoimmunity in mice. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2023, 220: e20221346. PMID: 36828389, PMCID: PMC9997508, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20221346.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Intranasal priming induces local lung-resident B cell populations that secrete protective mucosal antiviral IgA
Oh JE, Song E, Moriyama M, Wong P, Zhang S, Jiang R, Strohmeier S, Kleinstein SH, Krammer F, Iwasaki A. Intranasal priming induces local lung-resident B cell populations that secrete protective mucosal antiviral IgA. Science Immunology 2021, 6: eabj5129. PMID: 34890255, PMCID: PMC8762609, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abj5129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirus infectionIgA secretionB cellsMucosal surfacesIgA-secreting B cellsIgA-expressing cellsRole of IgARespiratory virus infectionsIgA-secreting cellsLower respiratory tractInfluenza virus infectionEffective immune protectionHeterologous virus infectionMemory B cellsSecretory immunoglobulin AProtein-based vaccinesB cell populationsPredominant Ig isotypeSite of entryIntranasal primingBronchoalveolar spaceProtective immunityVaccine strategiesRespiratory mucosaImmune protectionMind the gap from research laboratory to clinic: Challenges and opportunities for next-generation assays in human diseases
D'Souza MP, Palin AC, Calder T, Golding H, Kleinstein SH, Milliken EL, O'Connor D, Tomaras G, Warren J, Boggiano C. Mind the gap from research laboratory to clinic: Challenges and opportunities for next-generation assays in human diseases. Vaccine 2021, 39: 5233-5239. PMID: 34366145, PMCID: PMC8343370, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.07.071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNext-generation assaysSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2Human immunodeficiency virusCoronavirus type 2National InstituteVaccine delivery methodNovel animal modelProtective immunityImmunodeficiency virusLicensed vaccineEffective vaccineModern vaccinologyPowerful adjuvantAnimal modelsImproved vaccinesType 2Immune systemImmunogen designVaccine developmentInfectious diseasesVaccineGeneration assaysTuberculosisDiseaseCritical pathogensHeterogeneity of meningeal B cells reveals a lymphopoietic niche at the CNS borders
Brioschi S, Wang WL, Peng V, Wang M, Shchukina I, Greenberg ZJ, Bando JK, Jaeger N, Czepielewski RS, Swain A, Mogilenko DA, Beatty WL, Bayguinov P, Fitzpatrick JAJ, Schuettpelz LG, Fronick CC, Smirnov I, Kipnis J, Shapiro VS, Wu GF, Gilfillan S, Cella M, Artyomov MN, Kleinstein SH, Colonna M. Heterogeneity of meningeal B cells reveals a lymphopoietic niche at the CNS borders. Science 2021, 373 PMID: 34083450, PMCID: PMC8448524, DOI: 10.1126/science.abf9277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemMeningeal B cellsB cellsAdaptive immune cellsAntigen-experienced B cellsBone marrow chimerasCNS bordersCNS antigensBlood borneImmune privilegeImmune cellsBone marrow nicheParabiosis experimentsSystemic circulationNervous systemB cell developmentLymphopoietic nicheMeningesMarrow nicheVascular connectionsCell developmentCellsConfocal imagingCalvariaImmunosurveillance
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 centre
2017
Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire Community recommendations for sharing immune-repertoire sequencing data
Rubelt F, Busse CE, Bukhari SAC, Bürckert JP, Mariotti-Ferrandiz E, Cowell LG, Watson CT, Marthandan N, Faison WJ, Hershberg U, Laserson U, Corrie BD, Davis MM, Peters B, Lefranc MP, Scott JK, Breden F, Luning Prak E, Kleinstein S. Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire Community recommendations for sharing immune-repertoire sequencing data. Nature Immunology 2017, 18: 1274-1278. PMID: 29144493, PMCID: PMC5790180, DOI: 10.1038/ni.3873.Peer-Reviewed Original Research