Humoral immune response B cells Humoral immune response
Antigen receptors on lymphocytes B cell T cell Antigens: proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, nucleic acids, small molecules Conformational and linear epitops Complex of peptide-MHC molecule on an APC Linear epitops
B cell maturation
B cell maturation
pro B
pre B receptor pro B
(Bruton’s tyrosine kinase) Active Btk enables: survival, proliferation and further maturation etc. Mutation of BTK gene: X-linked agammaglobulinemia (Bruton’s agammaglobulinemia) Btk (Bruton’s tyrosine kinase)
immature B IgM pre B receptor pro B
IgM IgD IgM pre B receptor mature B immature B pro B
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IgD IgM MHC II CD40 B-7
Humoral immune response Thymus-dependent (T-dependent, TD) Thymus-independent (T-independent, TI)
Subsets of B cells
Phases of humoral immune response
(two-signal requirement) Activation of B cells (two-signal requirement)
(intracellular signaling) Activation of B cells (intracellular signaling)
Functional consequences of B cell activation
Functional consequences of B cell activation
Functions of antibody isotypes
Primary and secondary antibody response