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ReviewCells2026

B-Cells and Plasmablasts as Architects of Autoimmune Disease: From Molecular Footprints to Precision Therapeutics.

Julie Sarrand, Muhammad Soyfoo

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Review in Cells, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Julie SarrandDepartment of Rheumatology, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles (HUB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1070 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6833-0044
Muhammad SoyfooDepartment of Rheumatology, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles (HUB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1070 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9051-1810

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B-cells and plasmablasts have emerged as central organizers of autoimmune pathogenesis, extending far beyond their classical role as antibody-producing cells to orchestrate immune circuits, tissue microenvironments, and therapeutic trajectories. Advances in single-cell technologies, high-dimensional cytometry, and B-cell receptor sequencing have uncovered a dynamic continuum of B-cell differentiation programs that drive clinical heterogeneity across systemic autoimmune diseases. Plasmablasts, in particular, have gained recognition as highly responsive sensors of immune activation: they expand during flares, encode interferon-driven and extrafollicular responses, and correlate with disease severity. Autoantibody profiles, long viewed as static diagnostic signatures, are now understood as durable molecular footprints of distinct B-cell pathways. In this review, we propose an endotype-based framework integrating B-cell circuits with clinical phenotypes, illustrate therapeutic decision-making through mechanistic case vignettes, and outline future strategies combining immunomonitoring, multi-omics, and precision therapeutics. We further address translational challenges and discuss complementary approaches, including T-cell modulation, FcRn inhibition, and antigen-specific tolerization.

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesB-LymphocytesPlasma CellsPrecision MedicineAnimalsHumansautoantibodiesautoimmune diseaseB-cell endotypesB cellsCAR-T therapyextrafollicular pathwaygerminal centerimmunomonitoringplasmablastsprecision medicine

Identifiers

PMID41597194
PMCPMC12839912

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