Immunoglobulin (Ig) diversification is essential for the generation of protective immune responses against intruding microbes. B cells require cognate interaction with T cells to generate protective antibodies, although signals from innate cells play also a key role in helping B cell responses. We have characterized that B cells of the human upper respiratory mucosa undergo T cell dependent and T cell independent IgM-to-IgD class switching. In addition to enhancing mucosal immunity, crosslinking of IgD on innate cells including basophils stimulates release of immunoactivating, proinflammatory and antimicrobial mediators, defining IgD as an important immunomodulator. Signals capable of inducing IgM-to-IgD class switching include not only T c...
In allergic responses, B cells are driven to undergo an immunoglobulin isotype switch, shifting from...
Immunoglobulin (Ig) A is critical for protective immune responses at mucosal surfaces. In this issue...
Intravenous immune globulin (IVIg), a preparation of pooled human antibodies, has potent immunomodul...
Immunoglobulin D (IgD) is an enigmatic antibody isotype that mature B cells express together with Ig...
Els limfòcits B madurs emergeixen del moll de l’os i continuen diversificant el seu rep...
International audienceMast cells and basophils are mostly known as the initiators of IgE-dependent a...
Class-switching of B cells to IgA can be induced via both T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent me...
Cytokines are important regulators of Ig class production. In mice, IL4, IFNγ and TGFβ control IgE a...
SummaryBacteria colonize the intestine shortly after birth and thereafter exert several beneficial f...
Mature B cells express immunoglobulin M (IgM)- and IgD-isotype B cell antigen receptors, but the imp...
B cells thwart antigenic aggressions by releasing immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, IgA, and IgE, which d...
IgG Abs are crucial for various immune functions, including neutralization, phagocytosis, and Ab-dep...
Human B lymphocytes not only play a critical role in the humoral immunity to generate antibodies, bu...
Class-switching of B cells to IgA can be induced via both T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent me...
Bacteria colonize the intestine shortly after birth and thereafter exert several beneficial function...
In allergic responses, B cells are driven to undergo an immunoglobulin isotype switch, shifting from...
Immunoglobulin (Ig) A is critical for protective immune responses at mucosal surfaces. In this issue...
Intravenous immune globulin (IVIg), a preparation of pooled human antibodies, has potent immunomodul...
Immunoglobulin D (IgD) is an enigmatic antibody isotype that mature B cells express together with Ig...
Els limfòcits B madurs emergeixen del moll de l’os i continuen diversificant el seu rep...
International audienceMast cells and basophils are mostly known as the initiators of IgE-dependent a...
Class-switching of B cells to IgA can be induced via both T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent me...
Cytokines are important regulators of Ig class production. In mice, IL4, IFNγ and TGFβ control IgE a...
SummaryBacteria colonize the intestine shortly after birth and thereafter exert several beneficial f...
Mature B cells express immunoglobulin M (IgM)- and IgD-isotype B cell antigen receptors, but the imp...
B cells thwart antigenic aggressions by releasing immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, IgA, and IgE, which d...
IgG Abs are crucial for various immune functions, including neutralization, phagocytosis, and Ab-dep...
Human B lymphocytes not only play a critical role in the humoral immunity to generate antibodies, bu...
Class-switching of B cells to IgA can be induced via both T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent me...
Bacteria colonize the intestine shortly after birth and thereafter exert several beneficial function...
In allergic responses, B cells are driven to undergo an immunoglobulin isotype switch, shifting from...
Immunoglobulin (Ig) A is critical for protective immune responses at mucosal surfaces. In this issue...
Intravenous immune globulin (IVIg), a preparation of pooled human antibodies, has potent immunomodul...