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  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Ian C. M. MacLennan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their primary area of study lies within Immunology and Microbiology, with a specific focus on Immunology as a subfield.

The scientist's research encompasses topics related to Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation. This focus reflects in their scholarly output and collaborations within the field.

Ian C. M. MacLennan has contributed to academic literature, including the publication titled "CDK Inhibitor p18INK4c Is Required for the Generation of Functional Plasma Cells" released in 2021. This work was published through UNC Libraries.

Frequent collaborators in their research include the following individuals:

  • Michelle R. Tourigny
  • Josie Ursini-Siegel
  • Hayyoung Lee
  • Kai-Michael Toellner
  • Adam F. Cunningham

Their work appears most notably in the venue UNC Libraries, which is linked to their existing publication record.

Ian C. M. MacLennan has been recognized within the scientific community as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, a distinction received in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of antigen-driven selection in germinal centres.

    Y.-J. Liu;D. E. Joshua;G. T. Williams;C. A. Smith

  • Follicular Helper T Cells

    Carola G. Vinuesa;Michelle A. Linterman;Di Yu;Ian C.M. MacLennan

  • microRNA-155 Regulates the Generation of Immunoglobulin Class-Switched Plasma Cells

    Elena Vigorito;Kerry L. Perks;Cei Abreu-Goodger;Sam Bunting

  • Sites of specific B cell activation in primary and secondary responses to T cell-dependent and T cell-independent antigens.

    Yong-Jun Liu;Jun Zhang;Peter J. L. Lane;Eric Y.-T. Chan

  • Extrafollicular antibody responses.

    Ian C. M. MacLennan;Kai-Michael Toellner;Adam F. Cunningham;Karine Serre

  • Antigen-driven selection of virgin and memory B cells.

    Ian C. M. MaClennan;David Gray

  • Germinal centres in T-cell-dependent antibody responses.

    Yong-Jun Liu;Gerald D Johnson;John Gordon;Ian C.M MacLennan

  • Germinal center cells express bcl-2 protein after activation by signals which prevent their entry into apoptosis.

    Yong-Jun Liu;David Y. Mason;David Y. Mason;Gerald D. Johnson;Gerald D. Johnson;Sandra Abbot;Sandra Abbot

  • Bethesda proposals for classification of nonlymphoid hematopoietic neoplasms in mice.

    Scott C. Kogan;Jerrold M. Ward;Miriam R. Anver;Jules J. Berman

  • A randomized trial of the effect of clodronate on skeletal morbidity in multiple myeloma

    E. V. McCloskey;I. C. M. Maclennan;M. T. Drayson;C. Chapman

  • Intrinsic constraint on plasmablast growth and extrinsic limits of plasma cell survival

    Daniel M.-Y. Sze;Kai-Michael Toellner;Carola García de Vinuesa;Dale R. Taylor

  • Germinal Centers without T Cells

    Carola García de Vinuesa;Matthew C. Cook;Jennifer Ball;Marion Drew

  • Bethesda proposals for classification of lymphoid neoplasms in mice

    Herbert C. Morse;Miriam R. Anver;Torgny N. Fredrickson;Diana C. Haines

  • Distinct short-lived and long-lived antibody-producing cell populations.

    Faith Ho;Jennifer E. Lortan;Ian C. M. MaClennan;Mahmood Khan

  • The changing preference of T and B cells for partners as T-dependent antibody responses develop

    I. C. M. Maclennan;A. Gulbranson-Judge;K.-M. Toellner;M. Casamayor-Palleja

  • Memory B cells in T cell-dependent antibody responses colonize the splenic marginal zones.

    Yong‐Jun Liu;Susan Oldfield;Ian C. M. Maclennan

  • Recombinant 25‐kDa CD23 and interleukin 1α promote the survival of germinal center B cells: evidence for bifurcation in the development of centrocytes rescued from apoptosis

    Yong-Jun Liu;Jennifer A. Cairns;Michelle J. Holder;Sandra D. Abbot

  • T Helper 1 (Th1) and Th2 Characteristics Start to Develop During T Cell Priming and Are Associated with an Immediate Ability to Induce Immunoglobulin Class Switching

    Kai-Michael Toellner;Sanjiv A. Luther;Daniel M.-Y. Sze;Richard K.-W. Choy

  • CD23: a multi-functional receptor/ lymphokine?

    J. Gordon;L. Flores-Romo;J.A. Caims;M.J. Millsum

  • Megakaryocytes constitute a functional component of a plasma cell niche in the bone marrow

    Oliver Winter;Oliver Winter;Katrin Moser;Elodie Mohr;Dimitra Zotos

  • Extrafollicular Antibody Responses

    Carola G. Vinuesa

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai-Michael Toellner
Kai-Michael Toellner University of Birmingham
Adam F. Cunningham
Adam F. Cunningham University of Birmingham
Carola G. Vinuesa
Carola G. Vinuesa Australian National University
Ian R. Henderson
Ian R. Henderson University of Cambridge
Yong-Jun Liu
Yong-Jun Liu University of Washington
Mark T. Drayson
Mark T. Drayson University of Birmingham
Peter J. L. Lane
Peter J. L. Lane University of Birmingham
Matthew C. Cook
Matthew C. Cook Australian National University
Robert A. Kingsley
Robert A. Kingsley University of East Anglia
Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge

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