Abstract
Previous studies and our findings suggest upregulated expression of proinflammatory chemokines CCL3/4 in germinal center (GC) centrocytes. However, the role of CCL3/4 for centrocyte interactions with follicular T cells and regulation of humoral immunity is poorly understood. We found that CCL3 promotes chemotaxis of Tfr cells ex vivo. Two-photon imaging revealed that B cells-intrinsic production of CCL3 promotes their probing by follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr) within GCs of murine lymph nodes. Overall this study suggests that CCL3 facilitates direct interactions of foreign antigen-specific GC B cells and their negative regulation with Tfr cells in vivo.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2044 |
| Journal | Frontiers in immunology |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | SEP |
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| State | Published - Sep 13 2018 |
Keywords
- 2-photon imaging
- CCL3/MIP1-alpha
- Follicular helper T cells
- Follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr)
- Germinal centers