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ReviewThe Journal of experimental medicine2024

B cell tolerance and autoimmunity: Lessons from repertoires.

Jacques Deguine, Ramnik J Xavier

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Review in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jacques DeguineImmunology Program, Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard , Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9218-3040
Ramnik J XavierImmunology Program, Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard , Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5630-5167

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Ramnik J Xavier · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Spatial and temporal resolution to dissect cellular circuits controlling intestinal physiology, immunity, and inflammatory pathologiesRC2DK135492 · NIDDK · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI Caroline Uhler, Ramnik J Xavier · 2023 to 2026
$7.9M
Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable TrustNIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIDDK NIH HHS RC2 DK135492NIH HHS P30 DK043351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adaptive immune cell function is regulated by a highly diverse receptor recombined from variable germline-encoded segments that can recognize an almost unlimited array of epitopes. While this diversity enables the recognition of any pathogen, it also poses a risk of self-recognition, leading to autoimmunity. Many layers of regulation are present during both the generation and activation of B cells to prevent this phenomenon, although they are evidently imperfect. In recent years, our ability to analyze immune repertoires at scale has drastically increased, both through advances in sequencing and single-cell analyses. Here, we review the current knowledge on B cell repertoire analyses, focusing on their implication for autoimmunity. These studies demonstrate that a failure of tolerance occurs at multiple independent checkpoints in different autoimmune contexts, particularly during B cell maturation, plasmablast differentiation, and within germinal centers. These failures are marked by distinct repertoire features that may be used to identify disease- or patient-specific therapeutic approaches.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityB-LymphocytesImmune ToleranceAnimalsCell DifferentiationGerminal CenterHumans

Identifiers

PMID39093312
PMCPMC11296956

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