We describe a method for the production of human antibodies specific for an antigen of interest, starting from rare B cells circulating in human blood. Generation of these natural antibodies is efficient and rapid, and the antibodies obtained can discriminate between highly related antigens.
Devilder, M., Moyon, M., Saulquin, X., Gautreau-Rolland, L. Generation of Discriminative Human Monoclonal Antibodies from Rare Antigen-specific B Cells Circulating in Blood. J. Vis. Exp. (132), e56508, doi:10.3791/56508 (2018).