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SUBMITTER: Carsetti R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6960143 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carsetti Rita R Di Sabatino Antonio A Rosado Maria Manuela MM Cascioli Simona S Piano Mortari Eva E Milito Cinzia C Grimsholm Ola O Aranburu Alaitz A Giorda Ezio E Tinozzi Francesco Paolo FP Pulvirenti Federica F Donato Giuseppe G Morini Francesco F Bagolan Pietro P Corazza Gino Roberto GR Quinti Isabella I
Frontiers in immunology 20200108
<b>Background:</b> B-1a B cells and gut secretory IgA (SIgA) are absent in asplenic mice. Human immunoglobulin M (IgM) memory B cells, which are functionally equivalent to mouse B-1a B cells, are reduced after splenectomy. <b>Objective:</b> To demonstrate whether IgM memory B cells are necessary for generating IgA-secreting plasma cells in the human gut. <b>Methods:</b> We studied intestinal SIgA in two disorders sharing the IgM memory B cell defect, namely asplenia, and common variable immune d ...[more]