Germinal Center and Extrafollicular B Cell Responses in Vaccination, Immunity, and Autoimmunity - PubMed

Activated B cells participate in either extrafollicular (EF) or germinal center (GC) responses. Canonical responses are composed of a short wave of plasmablasts (PBs) arising from EF sites, followed by GC producing somatically mutated memory B cells (MBC) and long-lived plasma cells. However, somatiā€¦