A subset of AID-dependent B-1a cells initiates hypersensitivity and pneumococcal pneumonia resistance

Expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase enhances the clearance of pneumococcal pneumonia: evidence of a subpopulation of protective anti-pneumococcal B1a cells

(2015) Natsuo Yamamoto et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Distinct mechanisms define murine B cell lineage immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) repertoires

(2015) Yang Yang et al.   eLife

Neutrophils are required for both the sensitization and elicitation phase of contact hypersensitivity

(2014) Felix C. Weber et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Identification of Initiator B Cells, a Novel Subset of Activation-Induced Deaminase-Dependent B-1-Like Cells That Mediate Initiation of Contact Sensitivity

(2014) S. M. Kerfoot et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Human Germline Antibody Gene Segments Encode Polyspecific Antibodies

(2013) Jordan R. Willis et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Immunobiology of Antigen-Specific Immunoglobulin Free Light Chains in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

(2012) Tom Groot Kormelink et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Complementary methods for contact hypersensitivity (CHS) evaluation in mice

(2012) Magdalena Zemelka-Wiącek et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS

Antigen Binding Characteristics of Immunoglobulin Free Light Chains: Crosslinking by Antigen is Essential to Induce Allergic Inflammation

(2012) Marco Thio et al.   PLoS One

The ability to interact with cell membranes suggests possible biological roles for free light chain

(2011) Andrew T. Hutchinson et al.   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

Invariant natural killer T cells recognize glycolipids from pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria

(2011) Yuki Kinjo et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Stimulatory Lipids Accumulate in the Mouse Liver within 30 min of Contact Sensitization to Facilitate the Activation of Naïve iNKT Cells in a CD1d-Dependent Fashion

(2011) N. Dey et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Decrease in immunoglobulin free light chains in patients with rheumatoid arthritis upon rituximab (anti-CD20) treatment correlates with decrease in disease activity

(2010) T. G. Kormelink et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

C5a receptor enables participation of mast cells in immune complex arthritis independently of Fcγ receptor modulation

(2010) Peter A. Nigrovic et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Toll-like receptor and IL-12 signaling control susceptibility to contact hypersensitivity

(2008) Stefan F. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

CD11b expression distinguishes sequential stages of peritoneal B-1 development

(2008) Eliver Eid Bou Ghosn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA