The Cellular Basis of Immunologic Memory

Author(s):  
F. Celada
Nature ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 232 (5313) ◽  
pp. 639-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. GERSHON ◽  
J. KRÜGER ◽  
J. D. NAYSMITH ◽  
B. H. WAKSMAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (15) ◽  
pp. 8269
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Poulaki ◽  
Stavroula Giannouli

B lymphocytes are an indispensable part of the human immune system. They are the effective mediators of adaptive immunity and memory. To accomplish specificity against an antigen, and to establish the related immunologic memory, B cells differentiate through a complicated and strenuous training program that is characterized by multiple drastic genomic modifications. In order to avoid malignant transformation, these events are tightly regulated by multiple checkpoints, the vast majority of them involving bioenergetic alterations. Despite this stringent control program, B cell malignancies are amongst the top ten most common worldwide. In an effort to better understand malignant pathobiology, in this review, we summarize the metabolic swifts that govern normal B cell lymphopoiesis. We also review the existent knowledge regarding malignant metabolism as a means to unravel new research goals and/or therapeutic targets.


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