AID facilitates TET2 demethylation of Irf4 for plasma cell fate in germinal center B cells
Minghui He, Roberta D’Aulerio, Lia Gonçalves Pinho, Evangelos Doukoumopoulos, Tracer Yong, Rhaissa Calixto Vieira, Mariana M. S. Oliveira, Rômulo Gonçalves Agostinho Galvani, Saikiran K. Sedimbi, Christina Seitz, Nikolai V. Kuznetsov, María A. Zuriaga, Daisuke Kitamura, José J. Fuster, Vinı́cius Cotta-de-Almeida, , Lisa S. Westerberg
This study shows AID deficiency in B cells leads to reduced IRF4 expression and impaired plasma cell differentiation due to disrupted TET2-mediated demethylation of the Irf4 promoter.
bioRxiv · May 2, 2025 · PreprintImmunology