Autoimmunity and SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: Unraveling the link in neurological disorders

D Latorre - European Journal of Immunology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract According to the World Health Organization, severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has already infected more than 400 million people and …

Cellular pathways and molecular events that shape autoantibody production in COVID-19

GJ Tsay, M Zouali - Journal of Autoimmunity, 2024 - Elsevier
A hallmark of COVID-19 is the variety of complications that follow SARS-CoV-2 infection in
some patients, and that target multiple organs and tissues. Also remarkable are the …

[HTML][HTML] Interval between prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and booster vaccination impacts magnitude and quality of antibody and B cell responses

CM Buckner, L Kardava, O El Merhebi, SR Narpala… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA booster vaccines provide protection from severe disease, eliciting
strong immunity that is further boosted by previous infection. However, it is unclear whether …

Activation and pro-inflammatory cytokine production by unswitched memory B cells during SARS-CoV-2 infection

MJ Castleman, AL Santos, KE Lesteberg… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Memory B cells are comprised of unswitched (CD27+ IgD+) and switched (CD27+ IgD-)
subsets. The origin and function of unswitched human memory B cells are debated in the …

Autoantibodies elicited with SARS-CoV-2 infection are linked to alterations in double negative B cells

MJ Castleman, MM Stumpf, NR Therrien… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Double negative (DN) B cells (CD27-IgD-) comprise a heterogenous population of DN1,
DN2, and the recently described DN3 and DN4 subsets. In autoimmune disease, DN2 cells …

[HTML][HTML] Subset of DN Memory B Cells Expressing Low Levels of Inhibitory Receptor BTLA Is Enriched in SLE Patients

L Aubergeon, R Felten, JE Gottenberg, H Dumortier… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
The dialogue between T and B cells can be regulated by different mechanisms, such as co-
inhibitory receptors, which therefore play a crucial role in preventing autoimmune diseases …

Autoantibodies during infectious diseases: Lessons from malaria applied to COVID-19 and other infections

J Rivera-Correa, A Rodriguez - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Autoimmunity is a common phenomenon reported in many globally relevant infections,
including malaria and COVID-19. These and other highly inflammatory diseases have been …

B cells in the balance: Offsetting self-reactivity avoidance with protection against foreign

C Young, AWY Lau, DL Burnett - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Antibodies are theoretically limitless in their diversity and specificity to foreign antigens;
however they are constrained by the need to avoid binding to self. Germinal centers (GC) …

The intersection of microbiome and autoimmunity in long COVID-19: Current insights and future directions

A Hromić-Jahjefendić, L Mahmutović, A Sezer… - Cytokine & Growth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Long COVID-19 affects a significant percentage of patients and is characterized by a wide
range of symptoms, including weariness and mental fog as well as emotional symptoms like …

Unravelling B cell heterogeneity: insights into flow cytometry-gated B cells from single-cell multi-omics data

JI Pernes, A Alsayah, F Tucci… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction B cells play a pivotal role in adaptive immunity which has been extensively
characterised primarily via flow cytometry-based gating strategies. This study addresses the …