Immunoglobulin light chains in uremia [PDF]
Immunoglobulin light chains (IgLCs) are produced by B cells, slightly in excess of immunoglobulin heavy chains, and therefore are present in the serum of healthy adults in free form at low concentrations. Both the kappa and lambda form of these polyclonal IgLCs are mainly metabolized by the kidney and appear under normal conditions only in small ...
Gerald Cohen, Cohen, Gerald
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Mutations in specific structural regions of immunoglobulin light chains are associated with free light chain levels in patients with AL amyloidosis. [PDF]
The amyloidoses are protein misfolding diseases characterized by the deposition of amyloid that leads to cell death and tissue degeneration. In immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL), each patient has a unique monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain ...
Tanya L Poshusta +5 more
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The biology of immunoglobulin free light chains in kidney disease: a study of Monoclonal and Polyclonal light chains [PDF]
Monoclonal immunoglobulin free light chains (FLCs) cause a range of disorders in the kidney. In multiple myeloma, FLCs can activate the proximal tubule to release MCP-1, an important cytokine in renal fibrosis.
Basnayake, Kolitha Indika
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DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF INTRATHECAL SYNTHESIS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN FREE LIGHT CHAINS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS [PDF]
Increased intrathecal synthesis and oligoclonal banding of immunoglobulins (Ig) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are major immunological findings in multiple sclerosis.
V. D. Nazarov +5 more
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Antibody Light Chains: Key to Increased Monoclonal Antibody Yields in Expi293 Cells?
When constructing isogenic recombinant IgM–IgG pairs, we discovered that μ heavy chains strongly prefer partnering with λ light chains for optimal IgM expression in transiently cotransfected Expi293 cells.
Siqi Gong +4 more
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Virtual Screening for Promising Kinetic Stabilizers of Light Chains in Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis Through Drug Repurposing [PDF]
In immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis, unstable immunoglobulin light chains aggregate as amyloid fibrils in organs, leading to organ failure and death in more than 50% of untreated patients. Research by Morgan et al. (Morgan, G. J. et.
Jonas, Jeppesen +3 more
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Usefulness of Bcl-2 Expression and the Expression of Cytoplasmic Immunoglobulin Light Chains in the Differentiation Between B-Cell Lymphoma and Reactive Lymphocytic Proliferations in FNA [PDF]
Veronika Kloboves Prevodnik +2 more
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Solitary ulcerated plaque on the face - an unusual presentation of cutaneous plasmacytosis? [PDF]
Cutaneous and systemic plasmacytosis is a rare disorder characterized by cutaneous polyclonal plasma cell infiltration frequently associated with polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia and lymphadenopathy.
Ana Marta António +3 more
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Light Chain Stabilization: A Therapeutic Approach to Ameliorate AL Amyloidosis
Non-native immunoglobulin light chain conformations, including aggregates, appear to cause light chain amyloidosis pathology. Despite significant progress in pharmacological eradication of the neoplastic plasma cells that secrete these light chains, in ...
Gareth J. Morgan +2 more
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Triple immunoglobulin gene knockout transchromosomic cattle: bovine lambda cluster deletion and its effect on fully human polyclonal antibody production. [PDF]
Towards the goal of producing fully human polyclonal antibodies (hpAbs or hIgGs) in transchromosomic (Tc) cattle, we previously reported that Tc cattle carrying a human artificial chromosome (HAC) comprising the entire unrearranged human immunoglobulin ...
Hiroaki Matsushita +7 more
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