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* Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121;
Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38103; and
Department of Microbiology, Kangwon National University College of Medicine, Chunchon, Korea
Innate immunity has recently gained renewed interest in its ability to regulate adaptive immunity. Among the innate immune signals, CpG DNA has revealed its potential as a vaccine adjuvant. However, the cellular mechanism for the effect of CpG DNA on the humoral immune response is not well understood. Here, we investigated the effects of CpG DNA on human B cell differentiation using highly purified B cell subsets: naive, germinal center (GC), and memory B cells. In the in vitro culture system that mimics the primary or secondary immune response in vivo, CpG DNA markedly augmented the proliferation and generation of plasma cells from naive and memory B cells. CpG DNA dramatically increased plasma cell generation from GC B cells. However, CpG DNA did not have effect on memory B cell generation from GC B cells. These results suggest that CpG DNA potentiates the B cell adaptive immune response by enhancing terminal differentiation, but does not affect the generation of memory B cells.
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