IL-21 drives expansion and plasma cell differentiation of autoreactive CD11chiT-bet+ B cells in SLE

IL-21 drives expansion and plasma cell differentiation of autoreactive CD11chiT-bet+ B cells in SLE

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with altered B cell responses but the underlying aetiology is still unclear. Here the authors show that a CD11chiT-bet+ B cell subset with a unique phenotype and transcriptome is increased in patients with SLE, can be expanded by IL-21, and may contri...

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Main Authors: Shu Wang, Jingya Wang, Varsha Kumar, Jodi L. Karnell, Brian Naiman, Phillip S. Gross, Saifur Rahman, Kamelia Zerrouki, Richard Hanna, Christopher Morehouse, Nicholas Holoweckyj, Hao Liu, Autoimmunity Molecular Medicine Team, Zerai Manna, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, Sarfaraz Hasni, Richard Siegel, Miguel Sanjuan, Katie Streicher, Michael P. Cancro, Roland Kolbeck, Rachel Ettinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03750-7

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03750-7

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