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SUBMITTER: Xu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3457728 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Wei W Joo HyeMee H Clayton Sandra S Dullaers Melissa M Herve Marie-Cecile MC Blankenship Derek D De La Morena Maria Teresa MT Balderas Robert R Picard Capucine C Casanova Jean-Laurent JL Pascual Virginia V Oh SangKon S Banchereau Jacques J
The Journal of experimental medicine 20120917 10
In tonsils, CD138(+) plasma cells (PCs) are surrounded by CD163(+) resident macrophages (Ms). We show here that human Ms (isolated from tonsils or generated from monocytes in vitro) drive activated B cells to differentiate into CD138(+)CD38(++) PCs through secreted CXCL10/IP-10 and VCAM-1 contact. IP-10 production by Ms is induced by B cell-derived IL-6 and depends on STAT3 phosphorylation. Furthermore, IP-10 amplifies the production of IL-6 by B cells, which sustains the STAT3 signals that lead ...[more]