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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
It is well established that autoreactive B cells undergo negative selection. This stands in paradox with the high frequency of so-called natural autoreactive B cells producing low affinity polyreactive autoantibodies with recurrent specificities, suggesting that these B cells are selected on the basis of their autoreactivity. We previously described two transgenic mouse lines (with and without IgD) producing a human natural autoantibody (nAAb) that binds ssDNA and human Fcgamma. In the absence of human IgG, nAAb-transgenic B cells develop normally. By crossing these mice with animals expressing knockin chimeric IgG with the human Fcgamma, we now show that the constitutive expression of chimeric IgG promotes the increase of nAAb-expressing B cells. This positive selection is critically dependent on the presence of IgD, occurs in the spleen, and concerns all mature B cell subsets, with a relative preferential enrichment of marginal zone B cells. These data support the view that soluble self-Ags can result in positive clonal selection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4198-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Autoantibodies, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Autoantigens, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-B-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Clonal Anergy, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Immunity, Innate, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Immunoglobulin D, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:12370349-Spleen
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
B cell positive selection by soluble self-antigen.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire d'Immunopathologie, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie, 1 place de l'hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't