EAF2 mediates germinal centre B-cell apoptosis to suppress excessive immune responses and prevent autoimmunity

EAF2 has been previously known as a transcriptional elongation factor and a proapoptotic gene lost in prostate cancer. Here the authors show that EAF2 is required for apoptosis of germinal centre B cells, and that EAF2-deficient mice develop excessive antibody responses and autoimmunity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yingqian Li, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Shin-ichiro Fujii, Yang Zhou, Rongjian Hong, Akari Suzuki, Takeshi Tsubata, Koji Hase, Ji-Yang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10836