B cells expressing authentic naive human VRC01-class BCRs can be recruited to germinal centers and affinity mature in multiple independent mouse models [Immunology and Inflammation]

Animal models of human antigen-specific B cell receptors (BCRs) generally depend on “inferred germline” sequences, and thus their relationship to authentic naive human B cell BCR sequences and affinities is unclear. Here, BCR sequences from authentic naive human VRC01-class B cells from healthy human donors were selected for the generation...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - September 14, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Deli Huang, Robert K. Abbott, Colin Havenar-Daughton, Patrick D. Skog, Rita Al-Kolla, Bettina Groschel, Tanya R. Blane, Sergey Menis, Jenny Tuyet Tran, Theresa C. Thinnes, Sabrina A. Volpi, Alessia Liguori, Torben Schiffner, Sophia M. Villegas, Oleksandr Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research