Circulating polysaccharide specific B cells in the elderly display a dominant switched memory response to pneumococcal vaccination

Sumbmitted to Blood November 2, 2012 Khaskhely N, Thompson RS, Leggat D, Iyer A, Westerink MA. Source Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, USA. Abstract The phenotype of B cells that respond to vaccination with the purified pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPS) has been a topic of debate. We have recently identified the phenotype of … More Circulating polysaccharide specific B cells in the elderly display a dominant switched memory response to pneumococcal vaccination