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SUBMITTER: Tellier J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4757736 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tellier Julie J Shi Wei W Minnich Martina M Liao Yang Y Crawford Simon S Smyth Gordon K GK Kallies Axel A Busslinger Meinrad M Nutt Stephen L SL
Nature immunology 20160118 3
Plasma cell differentiation requires silencing of B cell transcription, while it establishes antibody-secretory function and long-term survival. The transcription factors Blimp-1 and IRF4 are essential for the generation of plasma cells; however, their function in mature plasma cells has remained elusive. We found that while IRF4 was essential for the survival of plasma cells, Blimp-1 was dispensable for this. Blimp-1-deficient plasma cells retained their transcriptional identity but lost the ab ...[more]