[pubmed] Single-cell repertoire tracing identifies rituximab-resistant B cells during myasthenia gravis relapses
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[pubmed] Single-cell repertoire tracing identifies rituximab-resistant B cells during myasthenia gravis relapses
Jiang R, et al. JCI Insight 2020.
ABSTRACT
Rituximab, a B cell-depleting therapy, is indicated for treating a growing number of autoantibody-mediated autoimmune disorders. However, relapses can occur after treatment and autoantibody-producing B cell subsets may be found during relapses. It is not understood if these autoantibody-producing B cell subsets emerge from the failed depletion of pre-existing B cells or are generated de novo. To further define the mechanisms that cause post-rituximab relapse, we studied patients with autoantibody-mediated muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) myasthenia gravis (MG) who relapsed after treatment. We carried out single-cell transcriptional and B cell receptor (BCR) profiling on longitudinal B cell samples. We identified clones present prior to therapy that continued to persist during relapse. Persistent B cell clones included both antibody-secreting cells and memory B cells characterized by gene expression signatures associated with B cell survival. A subset of persistent antibody-secreting cells and memory B cells were specific for the MuSK autoantigen. These results demonstrate that rituximab is not fully effective at eliminating autoantibody-producing B cells and provide a mechanistic understanding of post-rituximab relapse in MuSK MG.
PMID:32573488 | DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.136471
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3257348 ... 51&v=2.9.2
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