The molecular basis of lymphoid architecture and B cell responses: implications for immunodeficiency and immunopathology

Current Molecular Medicine
Carola G Vinuesa, Matthew C Cook

Abstract

Immune responses usually take place in secondary lymphoid organs such as spleen and lymph nodes. Most lymphocytes within these organs are in transit, yet lymphoid organ structure is highly organized; T and B cells segregate into separate regions. B cell compartments include naïve cells within follicles, marginal zones and B-1 cells. Interactions between TNF family molecules on hematopoietic cells and their receptors on mesenchymal cells guide the initial phase of lymphoid organogenesis, and regulate chemokine secretion that mediates subsequent T-B cell segregation. Recruitment of B cells into different compartments depends on both the milieu established during organogenesis, and the threshold for B cell receptor signaling, which is modulated by numerous coreceptors. Novel intrafollicular (germinal center) and extrafollicular (plasma cell) compartments are established when B cells respond to antigen. These divergent B cell responses are mediated by different patterns of gene expression, and influenced again by BCR signaling threshold and cellular interactions that depend on normal lymphoid architecture. Aberrant B cell responses are reviewed in the light of these principles taking into account the molecular and architectural asp...Continue Reading

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