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Dr Michelle Linterman

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Institute: Babraham Institute

 

Biography

When higher organisms are infected by pathogens the immune system responds with the coordinated activation of many different cell types, each with their own specific role to bring about pathogen clearance, and subsequently generate immunological memory. Within the adaptive immune system helper CD4+ T cells and B cells specific for the infectious organism are recruited to become activated effector cells and a proportion of these cells will go on to become memory cells that are able to respond quickly to future infections. Germinal centres are sites within tissues such as the tonsils, spleen and lymph nodes where B cells proliferate and differentiate during a normal immune response to an infection. Because of the central role of the germinal centre in generating immunological memory, a potent germinal centre response is critical for a successful response to vaccination. Our research focuses on the role of the germinal centre in vaccination, and how it could be manipulated in scenarios where there is an unmet clinical need.

 

Key Publications

A list of publications can be found here

 

Web Links of Interest

https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/michelle-linterman

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