Transcriptomic characterization of transitional B cells reveals four subsets with perturbed activation profiles in scleroderma
Summary We previously demonstrated that patients with scleroderma or systemic sclerosis (SSc) have elevated autoreactive transitional B cells, including against topoisomerase I (anti-topoisomerase I autoantibody [ATA+]). This suggests that defective transitional B cell tolerance could drive autoimmunity in SSc. To inve...