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  • Vaccination and infection promote the formation, tissue distribution, and clonal evolution of B cells encoding humoral immune memory. We evaluated convergent antigen-specific antibody genes of similar sequences shared between individuals in pediatric and adult blood, and deceased organ donor tissues. B cell memory varied for different pathogens. Polysaccharide antigen-specific clones were not exclusive to the spleen. Adults’ convergent clones often express mutated IgM or IgD in blood and are class-switched in lymphoid tissues; in contrast, children have abundant class-switched convergent clones in blood. Consistent with serological reports, pre-pandemic children had class-switched convergent clones to SARS-CoV-2, enriched in cross-reactive clones for seasonal coronaviruses, while adults showed few such clones in blood or lymphoid tissues. These results extend age-related and anatomical mapping of human humoral pathogen-specific immunity. One Sentence Summary Children have elevated frequencies of pathogen-specific class-switched memory B cells, including SARS-CoV-2-binding clones.
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  • 10.1101/2020.12.01.407015
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  • bioRxiv
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  • biorxiv
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  • BioRxiv; WHO
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  • Shared B cell memory to coronaviruses and other pathogens varies in human age groups and tissues
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  • 2020-12-02

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