CCR6 is transiently upregulated on B cells after activation and modulates the germinal center reaction in the mouse
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2013
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Wiede, F.
Fromm, P.
Comerford, I.
Kara, E.
Bannan, J.
Schuh, W.
Ranasinghe, C.
Tarlinton, D.
Winkler, T.
McColl, S.
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Immunology and Cell Biology, 2013; 91(5):335-339
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Florian Wiede, Phillip D. Fromm, Iain Comerford, Ervin Kara, Jennifer Bannan, Wolfgang Schuh, Charani Ranasinghe, David Tarlinton, Thomas Winkler, Shaun R. McColl and Heinrich Körner
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The CC-chemokine receptor 6 (CCR6) is expressed constitutively at an intermediate level on naı¨ve B cells and is upregulated after activation on pregerminal center (GC) B cells. We hypothesized that it could be involved in the events leading to GC reaction and high-affinity antibody production, and therefore investigated the potential role of CCR6 in B-cell differentiation in vivo. After antigenic challenge of CCR6_/_ mice with the T-cell-dependent antigen nitrophenyl-keyhole limpet hemocyanin (NP-KLH), GC B-cell development was found to be accelerated and the number of GC had increased significantly compared with control mice, but the antibodies produced by CCR6_/_ B cells were on average of lower affinity. We conclude from these data that the CCR6/CCL20 axis has an important role in regulating the kinetics and efficiency of the GC reaction.
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© 2013 Australasian Society for Immunology