How specific is too specific? B-cell responses to viral infections reveal the importance of breadth over depth.
How specific is too specific? B-cell responses to viral infections reveal the importance of breadth over depth.
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DOI:
10.1111/imr.12094
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发表时间:
2013-09
影响因子:
8.7
通讯作者:
Baumgarth N
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作者:
Baumgarth N
Influenza virus infection induces robust and highly protective B-cell responses. Knowledge gained from the analysis of such protective humoral responses can provide important clues for the design of successful vaccines and vaccination approaches and also provides a window into the regulation of fundamental aspects of B-cell responses that may not be at play when responses to non-replicating agents are studied. Here I review features of the B-cell response to viruses, with emphasis on influenza virus infection, a highly localized infection of respiratory tract epithelial cells, and a response that is directed against a virus that continuously undergoes genetic changes to its surface spike protein, a major target of neutralizing antibodies. Two aspects of the B-cell response to influenza are discussed here, namely polyreactive natural antibodies and the role and function of germinal center responses. Both these features of the B-cell response raise the question of how important antibody fine-specificity is for long-term protection from infection. As outlined, the pathogenesis of influenza virus and the nature of the antiviral B-cell response seem to emphasize repertoire diversity over affinity maturation as driving forces behind the influenza-specific B-cell immunity.
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DOI:
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发表时间:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
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期刊:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
Baumgarth N