The role of allergen‐specific IgE, IgG and IgA in allergic disease

MH Shamji, R Valenta, T Jardetzky, V Verhasselt… - Allergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Immunoglobulin E (IgE)‐mediated allergy is the most common hypersensitivity disease
affecting more than 30% of the population. Exposure to even minute quantities of allergens …

Fc glycans of therapeutic antibodies as critical quality attributes

D Reusch, ML Tejada - Glycobiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Critical quality attributes (CQA) are physical, chemical, biological or microbiological
properties or characteristics that must be within an appropriate limit, range or distribution to …

Mechanisms of phagocytosis in macrophages

A Aderem, DM Underhill - Annual review of immunology, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Phagocytosis of pathogens by macrophages initiates the innate immune
response, which in turn orchestrates the adaptive response. In order to discriminate between …

Polypeptide variants with altered effector function

L Presta - US Patent 6,737,056, 2004 - Google Patents
The present invention concerns polypeptides comprising a variant Fc region. More
particularly, the present invention concerns Fc region-containing polypeptides that have …

Different B cell populations mediate early and late memory during an endogenous immune response

KA Pape, JJ Taylor, RW Maul, PJ Gearhart, MK Jenkins - Science, 2011 - science.org
Memory B cells formed in response to microbial antigens provide immunity to later
infections; however, the inability to detect rare endogenous antigen-specific cells limits …

Platelet-collagen interaction: is GPVI the central receptor?

B Nieswandt, SP Watson - Blood, 2003 - ashpublications.org
At sites of vascular injury, platelets come into contact with subendothelial collagen, which
triggers their activation and the formation of a hemostatic plug. Besides glycoprotein Ib …

Role of natural and immune IgM antibodies in immune responses

M Boes - Molecular immunology, 2000 - Elsevier
IgM antibodies constitute the major component of the natural antibodies and is also the first
class of antibodies produced during a primary antibody response. The IgM-type antibodies …

Polypeptide variants with altered effector function

L Presta - US Patent 7,332,581, 2008 - Google Patents
The present invention concerns polypeptides comprising a variant Fc region. More
particularly, the present invention concerns Fc region-containing polypeptides that have …

Human antibody–Fc receptor interactions illuminated by crystal structures

JM Woof, DR Burton - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2004 - nature.com
Immunoglobulins couple the recognition of invading pathogens with the triggering of potent
effector mechanisms for pathogen elimination. Different immunoglobulin classes trigger …

Fc receptors are required in passive and active immunity to melanoma

R Clynes, Y Takechi, Y Moroi… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
Effective tumor immunity requires recognition of tumor cells coupled with the activation of
host effector responses. Fc receptor (FcR) γ−/− mice, which lack the activating FcγR types I …