Plasma cell survival in the absence of B cell memory

The long-term maintenance of antibody-secreting plasma cells and the requirement for memory B cells are unclear. Here, the authors show that plasma cells and the antibodies secreted are long-lived and maintained over a decade in the absence of memory B cells in non-human primates.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Erika Hammarlund, Archana Thomas, Ian J. Amanna, Lindsay A. Holden, Ov D. Slayden, Byung Park, Lina Gao, Mark K. Slifka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01901-w