IgG1 memory B cells keep the memory of IgE responses

IgE is an important mediator of protective immunity as well as allergic reaction, but how high affinity IgE antibodies are produced in memory responses is not clear. Here the authors show that IgE can be generated via class-switch recombination in IgG1 memory B cells without additional somatic hyper...

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Main Authors: Jin-Shu He, Sharrada Subramaniam, Vipin Narang, Kandhadayar Srinivasan, Sean P. Saunders, Daniel Carbajo, Tsao Wen-Shan, Nur Hidayah Hamadee, Josephine Lum, Andrea Lee, Jinmiao Chen, Michael Poidinger, Francesca Zolezzi, Juan J. Lafaille, Maria A. Curotto de Lafaille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00723-0