Role of the mechanisms for antibody repertoire diversification in monoclonal light chain deposition disorders: when a friend becomes foe

L Del Pozo-Yauner, GA Herrera… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The adaptive immune system of jawed vertebrates generates a highly diverse repertoire of
antibodies to meet the antigenic challenges of a constantly evolving biological ecosystem …

A bibliometric analysis of light chain amyloidosis from 2005 to 2024: research trends and hot spots

X Liu, J Wang, Y Li, W Shi, X Zhang, S Li… - Frontiers in Medicine, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Light chain (AL) amyloidosis stands as the most prevalent subtype of systemic
amyloidosis, encompassing a group of rare diseases. Here, we evaluated the scientific …

Mechanistic insights into the aggregation pathway of the patient-derived immunoglobulin light chain variable domain protein FOR005

T Pradhan, R Sarkar, KM Meighen-Berger… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Systemic antibody light chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by deposition of amyloid
fibrils. Prior to fibril formation, soluble oligomeric AL protein has a direct cytotoxic effect on …

From the light chain sequence to the tissue microenvironment: Contribution of the mesangial cells to glomerular amyloidosis

L Del Pozo-Yauner, EA Turbat-Herrera… - Hemato, 2022 - mdpi.com
Studies carried out in the last three decades have significantly advanced our knowledge
about the structural factors that drive the amyloid aggregation of the immunoglobulin light …

Kinetic evidence for multiple aggregation pathways in antibody light chain variable domains

S Wong, ME West, GJ Morgan - Protein Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aggregation of antibody light chain proteins is associated with the progressive disease light
chain amyloidosis. Patient‐derived amyloid fibrils are formed from light chain variable …

Biophysical characterization of human-cell-expressed, full-length κI O18/O8, AL-09, λ6a, and Wil immunoglobulin light chains

P Misra, A Tischer, L Lampe, V Pierluissi-Ruiz… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis involves the deposition of insoluble
monoclonal AL protein fibrils in the extracellular space of different organs leading to …

[图书][B] Biological effects of patient-derived light chain protein states in a cell culture model of renal amyloidogenic light chain (AL) amyloidosis

NS Krieglstein - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Amyloidoses are protein misfolding diseases in which monomeric protein misfolds into fibrils
and accumulates in different organs. In light chain (AL) amyloidosis, fibrils are formed from …

Mechanistic insight into the aggregation pathway of an immunoglobulin light chain protein

B Reif, T Pradhan, R Sarkar, N Schwierz, M Zacharias - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Systemic antibody light chains (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by deposition of amyloid
fibrils derived from a particular antibody light chain protein. In addition, soluble oligomeric …

Nucleic acids promote oligomerization of Immunoglobulin G

A Gomez - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Nucleic acids have been found to prevent aggregation as chaperones, as well as act as co-
factors and promote aggregation of amyloidogenic proteins leading to various diseases …