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IMMUNITY
Volume 17, Issue 6, Pages 713-723Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(02)00483-1
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA81776, CA54464] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI24158] Funding Source: Medline
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The CD21/35 receptor provides an important link between innate and adaptive immunity. Its importance during protective immune responses to encapsulated extracellular bacteria was assessed using a new line of mice completely deficient in CD21/35 expression (CD21/35(-/-)). CD21/35 expression was essential for the rapid trapping of C3dg-antigen complexes by B cells in vivo, especially in splenic marginal zones. Despite normal B cell development in CD21/35(-/-) mice, T cell-independent and -dependent antibody responses to low-dose antigens were significantly decreased, with a striking impairment in IgG3 responses. Accordingly, CD21/35(-/-) mice were more susceptible to acute lethal Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Thus, CD21/35 expression is critical for early protective antibody responses to lethal pathogens that rapidly multiply and quickly overwhelm the immune system.
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