Viral infection engenders bona fide and bystander lung memory B cell subsets through permissive selection
C. Gregoire, L. Spinelli, S. Villazala-Merino, L. Gil, M. Moussa, C. Dong, A. Zarubica, M. Fallet, J.-M. Navarro, B. Malissen, P. Milpied, M. Gaya
The paper identifies two distinct lung memory B cell subsets post-viral infection, showing they arise from different progenitors and are classified as virus-specific or bystander based on antigen specificity.
bioRxiv · Dec 14, 2021 · PreprintImmunology