Cell Biology of the B Cell Receptor

 Content: Front Cover; Cell Biology of the B Cell Receptor; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: B-Cell Receptor Signaling in Lymphoid Malignancies and Autoimmunity; 1. Introduction: B-Cell Behavior in Autoimmunity and B-Cell Malignancies; 2. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; 3. B-Cell Malignancies; 4. Role of BCR in B-Cell Development and Selection; 4.1. Stages of B-cell development; 4.2. Central tolerance mechanisms; 4.3. B-cell selection in the periphery and activation; 5. BCR Activation by Antigen; 5.1. Early BCR events upon antigen binding. 12. Similarities and Differences Between the Study of Aberrant B-Cell Receptor Signaling in Autoimmunity and in B-Cell Ma ... 13. Transnuclear Mice: Filling the Gaps Left by B-Cell Transgenesis; 13.1. Advantages of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT); 13.2. Using transnuclear mice to study antigen valency and outcomes of B-cell activation; 14. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Two: A Critical Role for Cell Polarity in Antigen Extraction, Processing, and Presentation by B Lymphocytes; 1. Introduction; 2. B-Cell Activation in Secondary Lymphoid Organs. 2.1. Antigen encounter by B cells2.2. The establishment of the immune synapse; 3. B-Cell Polarity and Antigen Processing and Presentation; 3.1. B-cell polarization upon particulate antigen stimulation; 3.2. Antigen extraction from antigen-presenting cell membranes; 3.3. Processing of antigen-BCR complexes; 3.4. Antigen presentation to helper T cells; 4. Extracellular Cues that Tune B-Cell Polarity and Activation; 4.1. Chemokines involved in follicle patrolling by B cells; 4.2. Galectins and B-cell function; 5. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References. Chapter Three: Force Generation in B-Cell Synapses: Mechanisms Coupling B-Cell Receptor Binding to Antigen Internalizatio ... 1. Introduction: Why Do B Cells Make Immune Synapses?; 2. Biomechanical Modules in B-Cell Synapses; 2.1. Spreading; 2.2. Clustering; 2.3. Pulling; 2.4. Transport; 2.5. Internalization; 3. Antigen Binding in B-Cell Synapses; 4. Affinity Discrimination in B-Cell Synapses; 4.1. Forces in affinity discrimination; 4.2. Implications for affinity maturation; 5. Conclusions and Perspective; Acknowledgment; References.
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