Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Ex vivo engineered human plasma cells exhibit robust protein secretion and long-term engraftment in vivo

  • Rene Yu-Hong Cheng,
  • King L. Hung,
  • Tingting Zhang,
  • Claire M. Stoffers,
  • Andee R. Ott,
  • Emmaline R. Suchland,
  • Nathan D. Camp,
  • Iram F. Khan,
  • Swati Singh,
  • Ying-Jen Yang,
  • David J. Rawlings,
  • Richard G. James

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33787-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Plasma B cells (PC) are a potential source for protein replacement as they could be engineered to secrete protein other than antibody. Here the authors engineer B cells to express exogenous proteins and demonstrate that these cells can persist long term in adoptive transfer experiments in mice.