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ArticleCommunications biology2024

B cell heterogeneity in human tuberculosis highlights compartment-specific phenotype and functional roles.

Robert Krause, Paul Ogongo, Liku Tezera, Mohammed Ahmed, Ian Mbano, Mark Chambers, Abigail Ngoepe, Magalli Magnoumba, Daniel Muema, Farina Karim and 8 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Host- and pathogen-related determinants of pulmonaryEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  12. B cells in non-lymphoid tissues.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2025
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  17. Tissue-specific T cell profiles inFrontiers in tuberculosis · 2025
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  18. Editorial: Tuberculosis and humoral immunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  19. B Cell and Antibody Responses in Bovine Tuberculosis.Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Robert KrauseAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa. Robert.krause@ahri.org.ORCID 0000-0003-1558-0397
Paul OgongoAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0093-5768
Liku TezeraNational Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, School of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Mohammed AhmedAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Ian MbanoAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Mark ChambersAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Abigail NgoepeAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Magalli MagnoumbaAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Daniel MuemaAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Farina KarimAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Khadija KhanAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7565-7400
Kapongo LumambaAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Kievershen NarganAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Rajhmun MadanseinDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Adrie SteynAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9177-8827
Alex K ShalekInstitute for Medical Engineering & Science, Department of Chemistry, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5670-8778
Paul ElkingtonNational Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, School of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Al LeslieAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa. al.leslie@ahri.org.ORCID 0000-0003-2538-6467

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) OPP1137006Medical Research Council MR/P023754/1Medical Research Council MR/W025728/1RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/P023754/1 and MR/W025728/1RCUK | MRC | Medical Research Foundation MRF-131-0002-RG-ELKI-C0850Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 210662/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B cells are important in tuberculosis (TB) immunity, but their role in the human lung is understudied. Here, we characterize B cells from lung tissue and matched blood of patients with TB and found they are decreased in the blood and increased in the lungs, consistent with recruitment to infected tissue, where they are located in granuloma associated lymphoid tissue. Flow cytometry and transcriptomics identify multiple B cell populations in the lung, including those associated with tissue resident memory, germinal centers, antibody secretion, proinflammatory atypical B cells, and regulatory B cells, some of which are expanded in TB disease. Additionally, TB lungs contain high levels of Mtb-reactive antibodies, specifically IgM, which promotes Mtb phagocytosis. Overall, these data reveal the presence of functionally diverse B cell subsets in the lungs of patients with TB and suggest several potential localized roles that may represent a target for interventions to promote immunity or mitigate immunopathology.

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B-LymphocytesAdultB-Lymphocyte SubsetsFemaleHumansLungMaleMycobacterium tuberculosisPhenotypeTuberculosisTuberculosis, Pulmonary

Identifiers

PMID38755239
PMCPMC11099031

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