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- Title
Plasma-cell homing.
- Authors
Kunkel, Eric J; Butcher, Eugene C
- Abstract
Recent studies indicate that chemoattractant cytokines (chemokines), together with tissue-specific adhesion molecules, coordinate the migration of antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) from their sites of antigen-driven differentiation in lymphoid tissues to target effector tissues. Developing ASCs downregulate the expression of receptors for lymphoid tissue chemokines and selectively upregulate the expression of chemokine receptors that might target the migration of IgA ASCs to mucosal surfaces, IgG ASCs to sites of tissue inflammation and both types of ASC to the bone marrow - an important site for serum antibody production. By directing plasma-cell homing, chemokines might help to determine the character and efficiency of mucosal, inflammatory and systemic antibody responses.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Immunology, 2003, Vol 3, Issue 10, p822
- ISSN
1474-1733
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nri1203