[HTML][HTML] Age-dependent changes in T follicular helper cells shape the humoral immune response to vaccination

MA Linterman - Seminars in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Vaccination is an excellent strategy to limit the morbidity and mortality associated with
infectious disease. Vaccination creates protective, long-lived antibody-mediated immunity by …

[HTML][HTML] IL-21–producing effector Tfh cells promote B cell alloimmunity in lymph nodes and kidney allografts

H Zhang, CB Cavazzoni, MA Podestà, ED Bechu… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells have been implicated in controlling rejection after allogeneic
kidney transplantation, but the precise subsets, origins, and functions of Tfh cells in this …

Innate and adaptive immune response in SARS-CoV-2 infection-Current perspectives

Q Zhu, Y Xu, T Wang, F Xie - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a global pandemic, caused by a novel
coronavirus strain with strong infectivity, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Previous infection with seasonal coronaviruses does not protect male Syrian hamsters from challenge with SARS-CoV-2

ME Francis, EB Jansen, A Yourkowski, A Selim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 variants and seasonal coronaviruses continue to cause disease and
coronaviruses in the animal reservoir pose a constant spillover threat. Importantly …

T cell help shapes B cell tolerance

EH Akama-Garren, X Yin, TR Prestwood, M Ma… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
T cell help is a crucial component of the normal humoral immune response, yet whether it
promotes or restrains autoreactive B cell responses remains unclear. Here, we observe that …

Germinal center B cells that acquire nuclear proteins are specifically suppressed by follicular regulatory T cells

F Ke, ZL Benet, MP Maz, J Liu, AL Dent… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr) restrict development of autoantibodies and autoimmunity
while supporting high-affinity foreign antigen-specific humoral response. However, whether …

Amount of antigen, T follicular helper cells and affinity of founder cells shape the diversity of germinal center B cells: A computational study

AK Garg, T Mitra, M Schips, A Bandyopadhyay… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A variety of B cell clones seed the germinal centers, where a selection stringency expands
the fitter clones to generate higher affinity antibodies. However, recent experiments suggest …

Heterologous booster vaccination enhances antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 by improving Tfh function and increasing B-cell clonotype SHM frequency

Y Song, J Wang, Z Yang, Q He, C Bao, Y Xie… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Heterologous prime-boost has broken the protective immune response bottleneck of the
COVID-19 vaccines. however, the underlying mechanisms have not been fully elucidated …

Generation of antigen-specific memory CD4 T cells by heterologous immunization enhances the magnitude of the germinal center response upon influenza infection

LM Sircy, AG Ramstead, LC Gibbs, H Joshi… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Current influenza vaccine strategies have yet to overcome significant obstacles, including
rapid antigenic drift of seasonal influenza viruses, in generating efficacious long-term …

The immunogenicity of Alum+ CpG adjuvant SARS-CoV-2 inactivated vaccine in mice

J Yang, B Li, D Yang, J Wu, A Yang, W Wang, F Lin… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
The ongoing evolution and emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants have raised concerns
regarding the efficacy of existing vaccines and therapeutic agents. This study aimed to …