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Induction of Fc-dependent functional antibodies against different variants of SARS-CoV-2 varies by vaccine type and prior infection

Communications Medicine
Background SARS-CoV-2 transmission and COVID-19 disease severity is influenced by immunity from natural infection and/or vaccination. Population-level immunity is complicated by the emergence of viral variants.
Alexander W. Harris, Liriye Kurtovic, Jeane Nogueira, Isabel Bouzas, D. Herbert Opi, Bruce D. Wines, Wen Shi Lee, P. Mark Hogarth, Pantelis Poumbourios, Heidi E. Drummer, Clarissa Valim, Luís Cristóvão Porto, James G. Beeson   +12 more
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Platelets at the vascular interface [PDF]

, 2018
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Bergmeier, Wolfgang, Stefanini, Lucia
core   +1 more source

Immune Complexes Shape the Pathogenicity of Autoantibodies in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases: Insights From an FcγRIIIA‐Reporter Assay

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Immune complexes (ICs), formed by autoantigen and autoantibody, play a pathogenic role in systemic autoimmune diseases through stimulation of Fcγ receptors (FcγR). However, studies investigating bioactivity of circulating ICs across various diseases remain limited.
Koji Suzuki, Masaru Takeshita, Yuki Imai, Hiroyuki Fukui, Kazunori Furuhashi, Kotaro Matsumoto, Jun Kikuchi, Keiko Yoshimoto, Yuko Kaneko   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional, Biophysical, and Structural Characterization of Human IgG1 and IgG4 Fc Variants with Ablated Immune Functionality

Antibodies, 2017
Engineering of fragment crystallizable (Fc) domains of therapeutic immunoglobulin (IgG) antibodies to eliminate their immune effector functions while retaining other Fc characteristics has numerous applications, including blocking antigens on Fc gamma ...
Susan H. Tam, Stephen G. McCarthy, Anthony A. Armstrong, Sandeep Somani, Sheng-Jiun Wu, Xuesong Liu, Alexis Gervais, Robin Ernst, Dorina Saro, Rose Decker, Jinquan Luo, Gary L. Gilliland, Mark L. Chiu, Bernard J. Scallon   +13 more
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Single-domain antibodies and their formatting to combat viral infections [PDF]

, 2018
Since their discovery in the 1990s, single-domain antibodies (VHHs), also known as NanobodiesA (R), have changed the landscape of affinity reagents. The outstanding solubility, stability, and specificity of VHHs, as well as their small size, ease of ...
Ballegeer, Marlies, De Vlieger, Dorien, Rossey, Iebe, Saelens, Xavier, Schepens, Bert   +4 more
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Navigating adverse immunostimulation: A practical guide for clinical researchers

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Problem Setting As drug development moves towards more complex products, early clinical development programmes are increasingly hampered by unwanted and/or unexpected activation of the immune system (adverse immune stimulation, AIS). Solution At the Centre for Human Drug Research, we have introduced standardized procedures to make AIS manageable, while
Juliette A. van den Noort, Anouk C. Meijs, Naomi B. Klarenbeek, Matthijs Moerland   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fcγ Receptors Contribute to the Antiviral Properties of Influenza Virus Neuraminidase-Specific Antibodies

mBio, 2019
Influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) has been under intense study recently as a vaccine antigen, yet there remain unanswered questions regarding the immune response directed toward NA. Antibodies (Abs) that can inhibit NA activity have been shown to aid in
E. R. Job, T. Ysenbaert, A. Smet, A. Van Hecke, L. Meuris, H. Kleanthous, X. Saelens, T. U. Vogel   +7 more
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Under the Lens of Structure: From Prefusion Stabilization to Next‐Generation Immunotherapies

iNew Medicine, EarlyView.
This illustration integrates key concepts covered in the review, including high‐risk populations, viral structure, host entry factors, the replication cycle, and licensed antibody‐based prevention strategies. ABSTRACT Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a negative‐sense RNA virus belonging to the genus Orthopneumovirus within the family Pneumoviridae.
Zekai Cheng, Qianqian Wang, Jiachen Zhang, Sandra Chiu   +3 more
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Potent monoclonal antibodies against multidrug‐resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

Interdisciplinary Medicine, EarlyView.
A novel immunization strategy using a low‐virulence, multidrug‐resistant strain yields synergistic monoclonal antibodies against hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae. These antibodies provide cross‐serotype protection through a dual‐mechanism of pathogen clearance and immunomodulation, offering a promising non‐antibiotic therapeutic for resistant ...
Yushan Jiang, Zhuolin Li, Yang Yang, Zihan He, Tyuji Hoshino, Vladislav Victorovich Khrustalev, Qing Zhu, Weiling Wu, Wei Zhao, Chenguang Shen, Shi Ouyang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tyrosine kinase signaling pathways as therapeutic targets in autoimmune subepidermal blistering skin diseases (pemphigoid diseases)

Frontiers in Immunology
Pemphigoid diseases, such as bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, are severe organ-specific autoimmune diseases characterized by subepidermal skin blistering with increasing incidence in recent years.
Simon Vikár, Attila Mócsai, Attila Mócsai, Attila Mócsai   +3 more
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