Journal
VIRUSES-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v12010074
Keywords
long-lived plasma cells; antibodies; multivalency; virus-like particles
Categories
Funding
- US National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01 HL131696, U19 AI113187]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The induction of long-lasting, high-titer antibody responses is critical to the efficacy of many vaccines. The ability to produce durable antibody responses is governed by the generation of the terminally differentiated antibody-secreting B cells known as long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs). Once induced, LLPCs likely persist for decades, providing long-term protection against infection. The factors that control the generation of this important class of B cells are beginning to emerge. In particular, antigens with highly dense, multivalent structures are especially effective. Here we describe some pathogens for which the induction of long-lived antibodies is particularly important, and discuss the basis for the extraordinary ability of multivalent antigens to drive differentiation of naive B cells to LLPCs.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available