Extrafollicular antibody responses

ICM MacLennan, KM Toellner… - Immunological …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
ICM MacLennan, KM Toellner, AF Cunningham, K Serre, DMY Sze, E Zúñiga, MC Cook…
Immunological reviews, 2003Wiley Online Library
In adaptive antibody responses, B cells are induced to grow either in follicles where they
form germinal centers or in extrafollicular foci as plasmablasts. Extrafollicular growth
typically occurs in the medullary cords of lymph nodes and in foci in the red pulp of the
spleen. It is not a feature of secondary lymphoid tissue associated with the internal epithelia
of the body. All types of naïve and memory B cells can be recruited into extrafollicular
responses. These responses are associated with immunoglobulin class switching but, at the …
Summary
In adaptive antibody responses, B cells are induced to grow either in follicles where they form germinal centers or in extrafollicular foci as plasmablasts. Extrafollicular growth typically occurs in the medullary cords of lymph nodes and in foci in the red pulp of the spleen. It is not a feature of secondary lymphoid tissue associated with the internal epithelia of the body. All types of naïve and memory B cells can be recruited into extrafollicular responses. These responses are associated with immunoglobulin class switching but, at the most, only low‐level hypermutation.
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