Generation of circulating autoreactive pre-plasma cells fueled by naive B cells in celiac disease
I. Lindeman, L. S. Hoydahl, A. Christophersen…·R. Iversen
The paper identifies circulating TG2-specific IgA cells in celiac disease patients, showing they are clonally related to intestinal plasma cells and generated via an extrafollicular response involving gluten-specific CD4+ T cells.