Dynamic organization of the bone marrow plasma cell niche

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Prophylactic, serological memory relies on maintaining stable reservoirs of plasma cells, capable of constitutively-secreting high-affinity, anti-pathogen antibody for a lifetime. Although antibody titers generated by some vaccines (e.g. measles) can last a lifetime, other vaccinations (e.g. tetanus) need repeated boosting because long-lived plasma cells are not produced or maintained. Moreover, in old age, the...

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