Abstract
Transitional (TR) B cells are immature B cells that have migrated from the bone marrow to peripheral lymphoid organs, but can still undergo selection against autoreactivity. TR cells that survive selection eventually develop into mature naïve B cells (CD27-IgD+, NA). Upon exposure to antigen, NA cells may become IgM memory (CD27+IgD+, MM) or "classical", classswitched memory (CD27+IgD-, SM) B cells. Although MM immunoglobulin (Ig) genes do not undergo class switching, they do undergo somatic hypermutation, albeit with lower frequency than SM. It has been postulated that MM B cells originate from T-independent immune responses, while SM cells originate from T-dependent responses. Alternatively, MM cells may be early emigrants from T-dependent germinal centers. Double negative B cells (CD27-IgD-, DN) have been said to be exhausted memory cells, but their precise origin is unclear. Therefore, a definitive elucidation of lineage relationships between these different B cell subsets is needed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Workshop on Artificial Immune Systems, AIS 2015/ICSI3 2015 - Systems Immunology, Immunoinformatics and Immune-computation |
Subtitle of host publication | Immunology without Borders, Proceedings |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781509002986 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 11 May 2016 |
Event | International Workshop on Artificial Immune Systems, AIS 2015 - Taormina, Sicily, Italy Duration: 17 Jul 2015 → 18 Jul 2015 |
Publication series
Name | International Workshop on Artificial Immune Systems, AIS 2015/ICSI3 2015 - Systems Immunology, Immunoinformatics and Immune-computation: Immunology without Borders, Proceedings |
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Conference
Conference | International Workshop on Artificial Immune Systems, AIS 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Taormina, Sicily |
Period | 17/07/15 → 18/07/15 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 IEEE.
Keywords
- high-throughput sequencing
- immunoglobulin
- memory B cells
- somatic hypermutation