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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 180, Issue 10, Pages 6663-6674Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.10.6663
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI 14782, R01 AI014782, T32 AI 7051, R21 AI014782, T32 AI007051] Funding Source: Medline
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Marginal zone (MZ) B cells play an important role in the clearance of blood-borne bacterial infections via rapid T-independent IgM responses. We have previously demonstrated that MZ B cells respond rapidly and robustly to bacterial particulates. To determine the MZ-specific genes that are expressed to allow for this response, MZ and follicular (FO) B cells were sort purified and analyzed via DNA microarray analysis. We identified 181 genes that were significantly different between the two B cell populations. Ninety-nine genes were more highly expressed in MZ B cells while 82 genes were more highly expressed in FO B cells. To further understand the molecular mechanisms by which MZ B cells respond so rapidly to bacterial challenge, Id-positive and -negative MZ B cells were sort purified before (0 h) or after (1 h) i.v. immunization with heat-killed Streptococcus pneumoniae, R36A, and analyzed via DNA microarray analysis. We identified genes specifically up-regulated or down-regulated at 1 h following immunization in the Id-positive MZ B cells. These results give insight into the gene expression pattern in resting MZ vs FO B cells and the specific regulation of gene expression in Ag-specific MZ B cells following interaction with Ag.
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