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Cobey, Sarah, Wilson, Patrick, Matsen, Frederick A.·2015·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

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The B-cell immune response is a remarkable evolutionary system found in jawed vertebrates. B-cell receptors, the membrane-bound form of antibodies, are capable of evolving high affinity to almost any foreign protein. High germline diversity and rapid evolution upon encounter with antigen explain the general adaptability of B-cell populations, but the dynamics of repertoires are less well understood. These dynamics are scientifically and clinically important. After highlighting the remarkable characteristics of naive and experienced B-cell repertoires, especially biased usage of genes encoding the B-cell receptors, we contrast methods of sequence analysis and their attempts to explain patterns of B-cell evolution. These phylogenetic approaches are currently unlinked to explicit models of B-cell competition, which analyse repertoire evolution at the level of phenotype, the affinities and specificities to particular antigenic sites. The models, in turn, suggest how chance, infection history and other factors contribute to different patterns of immunodominance and protection between people. Challenges in rational vaccine design, specifically vaccines to induce broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV, underscore critical gaps in our understanding of B cells' evolutionary and ecological dynamics.

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  • The adaptive immune system of vertebrates functions largely by recognition of foreign peptide sequences, which are directly recognized by the B cell surface Ig receptor and are also loaded into MHC molecules to be presented to specific T-cell receptors.

    “The adaptive immune system of vertebrate organisms functions largely by recognition of foreign peptide sequences, which are directly recognized by the B cell surface Ig receptor (584 -585), and are also loaded into the grooves of the major histocompatibility receptors to be presented to speci fi c T-cell receptors (586).”

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Authors
Cobey, S., Wilson, P., & Matsen, F. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Corresponding author
Cobey, Sarah
Venue
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Published
2015-09-05
Volume
370
Issue
1676
Pages
20140235
ISSN
  • 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-2970
OpenAlex
W1928797414
Cited by
40
References
144
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • James S. McDonnell Foundation
  • University of Washington
  • National Institutes of Health (HHSN272201400005C, NIH-R01)
  • U.S. Public Health Service (HHSN272201400005C)
  • Center for AIDS Research, University of Washington (P30 AI027757)
  • National Institute on Aging
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH R01)
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM113246)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (DP2AI117921, U19AI109946, P01AI097092, HHSN272201400005C, U19AI090023, U19AI082724, P30AI027757, U19AI057266)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH R01)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
Keywords
naive B cells, immunodominance, B cell affinity maturation, HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies, vaccine design, jawed vertebrates
MeSH terms
Animals, B-Lymphocytes, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Models, Genetic, Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell, Models, Statistical, Models, Immunological, Evolution, Molecular, Somatic Hypermutation, Immunoglobulin, Adaptive Immunity, Antibodies, Neutralizing

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