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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lam WY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4956536 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Immunity 20160705 1
Durable antibody production after vaccination or infection is mediated by long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs). Pathways that specifically allow LLPCs to persist remain unknown. Through bioenergetic profiling, we found that human and mouse LLPCs could robustly engage pyruvate-dependent respiration, whereas their short-lived counterparts could not. LLPCs took up more glucose than did short-lived plasma cells (SLPCs) in vivo, and this glucose was essential for the generation of pyruvate. Glucose was pr ...[more]