How can B cell responses be harnessed to develop novel diagnostic tools for infectious diseases?

B cells are at the centre of the adaptive humoral immune system and are responsible for mediating the production of antigen-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) ... Feb 13, 2015 ... The immune system can remember a previously experienced pathogen and can evoke an enhanced response to reinfection that depends on memory lymphocyte ... When a naïve or memory B cell is activated by an antigen, it proliferates and differentiates into an antibody-secreting effector cell, known as a plasmablast or ... Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in the United States and worldwide, accounting for about 22 percent ... Learn more about B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B ALL) and the treatments and research being pioneered at the OSUCCC – James. Controversies Conference on Therapies Targeting B Cells in Immune-Mediated Kidney Diseases ... The goal of this KDIGO conference is to review the efficacy and ... B cells are essential for efficient immune responses and the maintenance of health. However, accumulating evidence points to the involvement of B cells in the ... Feb 15, 2024 ... About 1 out of 5 lymphomas in the United States is a follicular lymphoma. This is usually a slow-growing (indolent) lymphoma, although some follicular ... abstract. Sputum examination is a useful noninvasive method to study airway inflammation. We investigated the reproducibility and validity of the ... Rate of New Cases and Deaths per 100,000: The rate of new cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was 5.6 per 100,000 men and women per year. The death rate was ...