title: Innate IFNγ-producing B cells.
abstract: In a recent paper published in Cell Research, Yan Bao and colleagues characterize a new population of IFNγ-producing innate-like B cells that promotes innate immune responses and contributes to early pathogen control following intracellular bacterial infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ballesteros-Tato
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Sara L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Frances E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Lund
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007371:Interferon-gamma