TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thierry Defrance
AU  - Catherine Pellat-Deceunynck
AB  - Plasma cells (PCs) are terminally differentiated B-cells producing large amounts of immunoglobulins (Ig). In humans, most of circulating Ig are produced by bone marrow plasma cells. PCs differentiate from activated naïve or memory B-cells usually activated by specific antigens. It is still controversial whether the regulation of PCs numbers and the “active” in vivo Ig diversity depend or not on non-specific reactivation of B-cells during infections. Depending on the stimulus (T-independent/T-dependent antigen, cytokines, partner cells) and B-cell types (naïve or memory, circulating or germinal center, lymph nodes or spleen, B1 or B2...), both the phenotype and isotype of PCs differ suggesting that PC diversity is either linked to B-cell diversity or to the type of stimulus or to both. Knowledge of the mechanisms supporting PC diversity has important consequences for the management of i) plasma cell neoplasia such as Multiple Myeloma and Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia, ii) vaccine protection against pathogens and iii) auto-immune diseases.
DO  - 10.3389/978-2-88919-734-7
ID  - OAPEN ID: 18857
KW  - IL21
KW  - Autoimmunity
KW  - differentiation
KW  - Cell Cycle
KW  - B-cell
KW  - Plasma cell
KW  - Myeloma
KW  - Autophagy
KW  - B1
L1  - http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/1504/the-origin-of-the-plasma-cell-heterogeneity
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/55432
PB  - Frontiers Media SA
PY  - 2015
SN  - 9782889197347
TI  - The Origin of the Plasma Cell Heterogeneitynull
ER  - 
