Cell Biology of the B Cell Receptor, Volume 123

• Preface
• Chapter One: B-Cell Receptor Signaling in Lymphoid Malignancies and Autoimmunity
  • Abstract
  • 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
  • 5 BCR Activation by Antigen
  • 6 Breakdown of Tolerance by BCR Signaling Components
  • 7 Aberrant Signaling Events Downstream of the BCR and Neoplasia
  • 8 Tonic BCR Signaling
  • 9 Antigen-Driven Malignant B-Cell Persistence
  • 10 The Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Breakdown of B-Cell Tolerance in Autoimmunity
  • 11 Contributions of TLR Signaling to Altered BCR Activity in Malignant B Cells
  • 12 Similarities and Differences Between the Study of Aberrant B-Cell Receptor Signaling in Autoimmunity and in B-Cell Malignancy
  • 13 Transnuclear Mice: Filling the Gaps Left by B-Cell Transgenesis
  • 14 Concluding Remarks
  • Acknowledgments
• Chapter Two: A Critical Role for Cell Polarity in Antigen Extraction, Processing, and Presentation by B Lymphocytes
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 B-Cell Activation in Secondary Lymphoid Organs
  • 3 B-Cell Polarity and Antigen Processing and Presentation
  • 4 Extracellular Cues that Tune B-Cell Polarity and Activation
  • 5 Concluding Remarks
  • Acknowledgments
• Chapter Three: Force Generation in B-Cell Synapses: Mechanisms Coupling B-Cell Receptor Binding to Antigen Internalization and Affinity Discrimination
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction: Why Do B Cells Make Immune Synapses?
  • 2 Biomechanical Modules in B-Cell Synapses
  • 3 Antigen Binding in B-Cell Synapses
  • 4 Affinity Discrimination in B-Cell Synapses
  • 5 Conclusions and Perspective
  • Acknowledgment
• Chapter Four: The Role of BCR Isotype in B-Cell Development and Activation
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 A Precursor B-Cell Receptor
  • 3 Self-Recognition By the BCR
  • 4 Expression of IgD BCR on Mature B Cells
  • 5 Class-Switched BCRs
  • 6 Importance of BCR Isotype in B-Cell Lymphomas
  • 7 Concluding Remarks
  • Acknowledgments
• Index
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