B-cell depletion reactivates B lymphopoiesis in the BM and rejuvenates the B lineage in aging
B-cell depletion reactivates B lymphopoiesis in the BM and rejuvenates the B lineage in aging
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2010-09-307983
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发表时间:
2011-03-17
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Melamed, Doron
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作者:
Keren, Zohar;Naor, Shulamit;Melamed, Doron
Aging is associated with a decline in B-lymphopoiesis in the bone marrow and accumulation of long-lived B cells in the periphery. These changes decrease the body's ability to mount protective antibody responses. We show here that age-related changes in the B lineage are mediated by the accumulating long-lived B cells. Thus, depletion of B cells in old mice was followed by expansion of multi-potent primitive progenitors and common lymphoid progenitors, a revival of B-lymphopoiesis in the bone marrow, and generation of a rejuvenated peripheral compartment that enhanced the animal's immune responsiveness to antigenic stimulation. Collectively, our results suggest that immunosenescence in the B-lineage is not irreversible and that depletion of the long-lived B cells in old mice rejuvenates the B-lineage and enhances immune competence. (Blood. 2011; 117(11): 3104-3112)