B‐cells with a FasL expressing regulatory phenotype are induced following successful anti‐tuberculosis treatment

I. V. van Rensburg,L. Kleynhans,A. Keyser,G. Walzl,A. Loxton

Published 2016 in Immunity, Inflammation and Disease

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Studies show that B‐cells, in addition to producing antibodies and antigen‐presentation, are able to produce cytokines as well. These include regulatory cytokines such as IL‐10 by regulatory B‐cells. Furthermore, a rare regulatory subset of B‐cells have the potential to express FasL, which is a death‐inducing ligand. This subset of B‐cells have a positive role during autoimmune disease, but has not yet been studied during tuberculosis. These FasL‐expressing B‐cells are induced by bacterial LPS and CpG, thus we hypothesized that this phenotype might be induced during tuberculosis as well.

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