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mTOR intersects antibody-inducing signals from TACI in marginal zone B cells

Authors :
Jordi Sintes
Maurizio Gentile
Shuling Zhang
Yolanda Garcia-Carmona
Giuliana Magri
Linda Cassis
Daniel Segura-Garzón
Alessandra Ciociola
Emilie K. Grasset
Sabrina Bascones
Laura Comerma
Marc Pybus
David Lligé
Irene Puga
Cindy Gutzeit
Bing He
Wendy DuBois
Marta Crespo
Julio Pascual
Anna Mensa
Juan Ignacio Aróstegui
Manel Juan
Jordi Yagüe
Sergi Serrano
Josep Lloreta
Eric Meffre
Michael Hahne
Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles
Beverly A. Mock
Andrea Cerutti
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

Marginal zone B cells differentiate into plasma cells rapidly in response to T-cell-independent antigens, but how they do so is not clear. Here the authors show TACI cooperates with TLR signalling to drive mTOR activity and subsequent class switching and plasmablast differentiation.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723 and 47467398
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.55fa5c77ea474673980a024897c7214c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01602-4