Chronic Viral Infection Promotes Efficient Germinal Center B Cell Responses
Bénédict Fallet, Yi Hao, Marianna Florova, Karen Cornille, Alba Verge de los Aires, Giulia Girelli Zubani, Yusuf I. Ertuna, Victor Greiff, Ulrike Menzel, Karim Hammad, Doron Merkler, Sai T. Reddy, Jean–Claude Weill, Claude–Agnès Reynaud, Daniel D. Pinschewer
Abstract
T cells, chronic viral infection drives a functional, productive, and protective GC B cell response.
Topics & Concepts
Germinal centerSomatic hypermutationLymphocytic choriomeningitisBiologyB cellVirologyMemory B cellAntibodyImmunologyChronic infectionAdoptive cell transferAcquired immune systemNeutralizing antibodyVirusCD8T cellImmune systemNaive B cellAntigen-presenting cellT-cell and B-cell ImmunologyImmune Cell Function and InteractionImmunotherapy and Immune Responses