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同源
生物
自然杀伤性T细胞
细胞生物学
B细胞
B-1电池
幼稚B细胞
抗体
抗原
CD1D公司
免疫学
CD40
免疫系统
细胞
T细胞
抗原提呈细胞
细胞毒性T细胞
体外
生物化学
哲学
语言学
作者
Irah L. King,Anne H. Fortier,Michael Tighe,John Dibble,Gerald F. Watts,Natacha Veerapen,Ann M. Haberman,Gurdyal S. Besra,Markus Mohrs,Michael B. Brenner,Elizabeth A. Leadbetter
摘要
Invariant NKT cells elicit the rapid release of cytokines. Two papers by Leadbetter and Vinuesa and colleagues show that these cells can also provide direct help to B cells to elicit rapid antibody responses. Mouse invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells) provide cognate and noncognate help for lipid and protein-specific B cells, respectively. However, the long-term outcome for B cells after cognate help is provided by iNKT cells is unknown at present. Here we found that cognate iNKT cell help resulted in a B cell differentiation program characterized by extrafollicular plasmablasts, germinal-center formation, affinity maturation and a robust primary immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody response that was uniquely dependent on iNKT cell–derived interleukin 21 (IL-21). However, cognate help from iNKT cells did not generate an enhanced humoral memory response. Thus, cognate iNKT cell help for lipid-specific B cells induces a unique signature that is a hybrid of classic T cell–dependent and T cell–independent type 2 B cell responses.
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