Publications

IL-21 is a broad negative regulator of IgE class switch recombination in mouse and human B cells 

Yang Z, Wu CM, Targ S, Allen CD. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2020.

B Cell Responses: Cell Interaction Dynamics and Decisions

Cyster JG, Allen CD. Cell. 2019.

A case of mistaken identity: The MAR-1 antibody to mouse FcεRIα cross-reacts with FcγRI and FcγRIV

Tang X, Jung J, Allen CD. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2019.

Genetic engineering in primary human B cells with CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoproteins

Wu CM,  Roth TL, Baglaenko Y, Ferri DM, Brauer P, Zuniga-Pflucker JC, Rosbe KW, Wither JE, Marson A, Allen CD. Journal of Immunological Methods. 2018.  

Chick cranial neural crest cells use progressive polarity refinement, not contact inhibition of locomotion, to guide their migration

Genuth MA, Allen CD, Mikawa T, Weiner OD. Developmental Biology. 2018.

The Affinity of IgE for Antigen is a Primary Determinant of Basophil Activation

Jung JB, Allen CD. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2018. 

Study of IgE-Producing B Cells Using the Verigem Fluorescent Reporter Mouse

Yang Z, Jung JB, Allen CD. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2018.

Expression of Exogenous Genes in Murine Primary B Cells and B Cell Lines Using Retroviral Vectors

Yang Z, Allen CD. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2018. 

The Eph-related tyrosine kinase ligand Ephrin-B1 marks germinal center and memory precursor B cells

Laidlaw BJ, Schmidt TH, Green JA, Allen CD, Okada T, Cyster JG. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2017. 

IL-4 Haploinsufficiency Specifically Impairs IgE Responses against Allergens in Mice

Robinson MJ, Prout M, Mearns H, Kyle R, Camberis M, Forbes-Blom EE, Paul WE, Allen CD, Le Gros G. Journal of Immunology. 2017. 

Regulation of B cell fate by chronic activity of the IgE B cell receptor

Yang Z, Robinson MJ, Chen X, Smith GA, Taunton J, Liu W, Allen CD. eLife. 2016.

Germinal center quality control: death by Fas

Allen CD. Immunity. 2015. 

IgE-activated basophils regulate eosinophil tissue entry by modulating endothelial function

Cheng LE, Sullivan BM, Retana LE, Allen CD, Liang H-E, Locksley RM. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2015. 

Regulatory constraints in the generation and differentiation of IgE-expressing B cells

Yang Z, Robinson MJ, Allen CD. Current Opinion in Immunology. 2015.

Germinal Center Centroblasts Transition to a Centrocyte Phenotype According to a Timed Program and Depend on the Dark Zone for Effective Selection

Bannard O, Horton RM, Allen CD, An J, Nagasawa T, Cyster JG. Immunity. 2013. 

Fluorescent in vivo detection reveals that IgE(+) B cells are restrained by an intrinsic cell fate predisposition

Yang Z, Sullivan BM, Allen CD. Immunity. 2012. 

MicroRNA-29 regulates T-box transcription factors and interferon-γ production in helper T cells

Steiner DF, Thomas MF, Hu JK, Yang Z, Babiarz JE, Allen CD, Matloubian M, Blelloch R, Ansel KM. Immunity. 2011.

The sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor S1P₂ maintains the homeostasis of germinal center B cells and promotes niche confinement

Green JA, Suzuki K, Cho B, Willison LD, Palmer D, Allen CD, Schmidt TH, Xu Y, Proia RL, Coughlin SR, Cyster JG. Nature Immunology. 2011. 

B cells within germinal centers migrate preferentially from dark to light zone

Beltman JB, Allen CD, Cyster JG, de Boer RJ. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011.

Genetic analysis of basophil function in vivo

Sullivan BM, Liang HE, Bando JK, Wu D, Cheng LE, McKerrow JK, Allen CD, Locksley RM. Nature Immunology. 2011. 

Follicular dendritic cell networks of primary follicles and germinal centers: phenotype and function

Allen CD, Cyster JG. Seminars in Immunology. 2008. 

Role of CXCR5 and CCR7 in follicular Th cell positioning and appearance of a programmed cell death gene-1high germinal center-associated subpopulation

Haynes NM, Allen CD, Lesley R, Ansel KM, Killeen N, Cyster JG. Journal of Immunology. 2007.

Germinal-center organization and cellular dynamics

Allen CD, Okada T, Cyster JG. Immunity. 2007.

Imaging of germinal center selection events during affinity maturation

Allen CD. Okada T, Tang HL, Cyster JG. Science. 2007.

TIM-2 is expressed on B cells and in liver and kidney and is a receptor for H-ferritin endocytosis

Chen TT, Li L, Chung D-H, Allen CD, Torti SV, Torti FM, Cyster JG, Chen C-Y, Brodsky FM, Niemi EC, Nakamura MC, Seaman WE, Daws MR. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2005. 

Germinal center dark and light zone organization is mediated by CXCR4 and CXCR5

Allen CD, Ansel KM, Low C, Lesley R, Tamamura H, Fujii N, Cyster JG. Nature Immunology. 2004.