Antigen-specific memory B cell development

LJ McHeyzer-Williams… - Annu. Rev …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Helper T (Th) cell–regulated B cell immunity progresses in an ordered cascade of
cellular development that culminates in the production of antigen-specific memory B cells …

[PDF][PDF] Follicular helper T cells: lineage and location

N Fazilleau, L Mark, LJ McHeyzer-Williams… - Immunity, 2009 - cell.com
Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells are the class of effector T helper cells that regulates the step-
wise development of antigen-specific B cell immunity in vivo. Deployment of CXCR5+ Tfh …

Follicular helper T cells as cognate regulators of B cell immunity

LJ McHeyzer-Williams, N Pelletier, L Mark… - Current opinion in …, 2009 - Elsevier
Follicular helper T (TFH) cells are a class of helper T cells specialized in the cognate control
of antigen-specific B cell immunity. Upon first contact with antigen-primed B cells …

The function of follicular helper T cells is regulated by the strength of T cell antigen receptor binding

N Fazilleau, LJ McHeyzer-Williams, H Rosen… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
How follicular helper T cells (TFH cells) differentiate to regulate B cell immunity is critical for
effective protein vaccination. Here we define three transcription factor T-bet–expressing …

Class-switched memory B cells remodel BCRs within secondary germinal centers

LJ McHeyzer-Williams, PJ Milpied, SL Okitsu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Effective vaccines induce high-affinity memory B cells and durable antibody responses
through accelerated mechanisms of natural selection. Secondary changes in antibody …

In vivo–activated CD4 T cells upregulate CXC chemokine receptor 5 and reprogram their response to lymphoid chemokines

KM Ansel, LJ McHeyzer-Williams, VN Ngo… - The Journal of …, 1999 - rupress.org
Migration of antigen-activated CD4 T cells to B cell areas of lymphoid tissues is important for
mounting T cell–dependent antibody responses. Here we show that CXC chemokine …

Antigen-Specific B Cell Memory: Expression and Replenishment of a Novel B220 Memory B Cell Compartment

LJ McHeyzer-Williams, M Cool… - The Journal of …, 2000 - rupress.org
The mechanisms that regulate B cell memory and the rapid recall response to antigen
remain poorly defined. This study focuses on the rapid expression of B cell memory upon …

Lymphoid reservoirs of antigen-specific memory T helper cells

…, RR Pogue-Caley, LJ McHeyzer-Williams… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
How vaccines control the development of antigen-specific effector and memory T helper
cells is central to protective immunity but remains poorly understood. Here we found that …

XBP1 governs late events in plasma cell differentiation and is not required for antigen-specific memory B cell development

DJ Todd, LJ McHeyzer-Williams, C Kowal… - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - rupress.org
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a stress response pathway that is driven by the
increased load of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum of highly secretory cells …

[PDF][PDF] Blimp-1 is required for the formation of immunoglobulin secreting plasma cells and pre-plasma memory B cells

M Shapiro-Shelef, KI Lin, LJ McHeyzer-Williams, J Liao… - Immunity, 2003 - cell.com
Blimp-1 is a transcriptional repressor able to drive the terminal differentiation of B cells into
Ig-secreting plasma cells. We have created mice with a B cell-specific deletion of prdm1, the …