Adjuvants in the driver's seat: how magnitude, type, fine specificity and longevity of immune responses are driven by distinct classes of immune potentiators

ES Bergmann-Leitner, WW Leitner - Vaccines, 2014 - mdpi.com
The mechanism by which vaccine adjuvants enhance immune responses has historically
been considered to be the creation of an antigen depot. From here, the antigen is slowly …

Biological and therapeutic implications of a unique subtype of NPM1 mutated AML

AS Mer, EM Heath, SA Madani Tonekaboni… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), molecular heterogeneity across patients constitutes a
major challenge for prognosis and therapy. AML with NPM1 mutation is a distinct genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Differential impact of Toll-like receptor signaling on distinct B cell subpopulations

A Meyer-Bahlburg, DJ Rawlings - Frontiers in bioscience: a journal …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
B cells exhibit a range of functional responses following TLR engagement including
immunoglobulin and cytokine production, proliferation, antigen presentation and migration …

The mitochondrial transacylase, tafazzin, regulates AML stemness by modulating intracellular levels of phospholipids

AK Seneviratne, M Xu, JJA Henao, VA Fajardo, Z Hao… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
Tafazzin (TAZ) is a mitochondrial transacylase that remodels the mitochondrial cardiolipin
into its mature form. Through a CRISPR screen, we identified TAZ as necessary for the …

IL-4 regulates Bim expression and promotes B cell maturation in synergy with BAFF conferring resistance to cell death at negative selection checkpoints

A Granato, EA Hayashi, BJA Baptista… - The Journal of …, 2014 - journals.aai.org
IL-4 plays an essential role in the activation of mature B cells, but less is known about the
role of IL-4 in B cell maturation and tolerance checkpoints. In this study, we analyzed the …

Bacterial immunogenicity is critical for the induction of regulatory B cells in suppressing inflammatory immune responses

JK Maerz, C Trostel, A Lange, R Parusel… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
B cells fulfill multifaceted functions that influence immune responses during health and
disease. In autoimmune diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis …

CFTR regulates B cell activation and lymphoid follicle development

F Polverino, B Lu, JR Quintero, SO Vargas, AS Patel… - Respiratory …, 2019 - Springer
Background Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disorder caused by mutations in the CF
transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that promotes persistent lung infection …

Altered expression of miR-146a in myasthenia gravis

J Lu, M Yan, Y Wang, J Zhang, H Yang, F Tian… - Neuroscience …, 2013 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to analyze the expression of miR-146a in PBMCs obtained
from patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) and healthy controls and to investigate the effect …

Silencing mi R‐146a influences B cells and ameliorates experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis

JM Zhang, G Jia, Q Liu, J Hu, M Yan, BF Yang… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Micro RNA s have been shown to be important regulators of immune homeostasis as
patients with aberrant micro RNA expression appeared to be more susceptible to …

The Role of TLR4 on B Cell Activation and Anti‐β2GPI Antibody Production in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome

S Cheng, H Wang, H Zhou - Journal of immunology research, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
High titer of anti‐β2‐glycoprotein I antibodies (anti‐β2GPI Ab) plays a pathogenic role in
antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Numerous studies have focused on the pathological …