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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-8
pubmed:abstractText
It is becoming increasingly clear that the regulation of proliferation and differentiation of B cells to plasma cells involves the integration of a variety of intracellular signals provided by receptors of both the adaptive and innate immune system. The cross-linking of the surface molecule CD38 induces calcium mobilization, protein phosphorylation and NF-kappaB translocation into the nucleus, ultimately leading to proliferation and isotype switching toward IgG1. Here we describe (a) the effect on B cell activation of stimulating through both CD38 and Toll-like receptors 4, 7 and 9; and (b) that CD38 cross-linking increases the number of proliferating cells and the rate of proliferation in LPS-stimulated B cells by a Bruton's tyrosine kinase- and protein kinase C-dependent mechanism. In contrast, CD38 cross-linking reduces the number of cells committed to IgM plasma cell differentiation as measured by the number of CD138+ cells, antibody secretion, and the expression of PAX5, Bcl6 and Blimp-1. Since a putative ligand for CD38 is expressed by germinal center follicular dendritic cells, and CD38 expression is down-regulated in germinal center B cells, we speculate that CD38 might participate in the outcome of post-germinal center antibody responses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
358-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Antigens, CD38, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Cyclin D2, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Cyclins, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Plasma Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17274001-Toll-Like Receptors
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
CD38 cross-linking enhances TLR-induced B cell proliferation but decreases IgM plasma cell differentiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Biomedicine Department, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, México.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't