Development of therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of diseases

RM Lu, YC Hwang, IJ Liu, CC Lee, HZ Tsai… - Journal of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
It has been more than three decades since the first monoclonal antibody was approved by
the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) in 1986, and during this time …

Tumor-associated macrophage subsets: shaping polarization and targeting

Q Zhang, M Sioud - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a critical regulator of tumor growth, progression, and
metastasis. Among the innate immune cells recruited to the tumor site, macrophages are the …

Proinflammatory IgG Fc structures in patients with severe COVID-19

S Chakraborty, J Gonzalez, K Edwards… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections can cause coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19), which manifests with a range of severities from mild illness to life …

Recent advances in understanding the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: new treatment strategies

AL Mueller, Z Payandeh, N Mohammadkhani… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a chronic systemic, multi-factorial, inflammatory, and
progressive autoimmune disease affecting many people worldwide. While patients show …

The promise and challenges of immune agonist antibody development in cancer

PA Mayes, KW Hance, A Hoos - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2018 - nature.com
Immune cell functions are regulated by co-inhibitory and co-stimulatory receptors. The first
two generations of cancer immunotherapy agents consist primarily of antagonist antibodies …

IgG antibodies to dengue enhanced for FcγRIIIA binding determine disease severity

TT Wang, J Sewatanon, MJ Memoli, J Wrammert… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Dengue virus (DENV) infection in the presence of reactive, non-neutralizing immunoglobulin
G (IgG)(RNNIg) is the greatest risk factor for dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue …

Phagocytosis: receptors, signal integration, and the cytoskeleton

SA Freeman, S Grinstein - Immunological reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Phagocytosis is a remarkably complex and versatile process: it contributes to innate
immunity through the ingestion and elimination of pathogens, while also being central to …

Type I and type II Fc receptors regulate innate and adaptive immunity

A Pincetic, S Bournazos, DJ DiLillo, J Maamary… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Antibodies produced in response to a foreign antigen are characterized by polyclonality, not
only in the diverse epitopes to which their variable domains bind but also in the various …

Antibody responses to viral infections: a structural perspective across three different enveloped viruses

CD Murin, IA Wilson, AB Ward - Nature microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Antibodies serve as critical barriers to viral infection. Humoral immunity to a virus is achieved
through the dual role of antibodies in communicating the presence of invading pathogens in …

The role of selenium in inflammation and immunity: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities

Z Huang, AH Rose, PR Hoffmann - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Dietary selenium (] Se), mainly through its incorporation into selenoproteins, plays
an important role in inflammation and immunity. Adequate levels of Se are important for …