Beyond neutralization: Fc-dependent antibody effector functions in SARS-CoV-2 infection

A Zhang, HD Stacey, MR D'Agostino, Y Tugg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Neutralizing antibodies are known to have a crucial role in protecting against SARS-CoV-2
infection and have been suggested to be a useful correlate of protection for vaccine clinical …

Effect of posttranslational modifications and subclass on IgG activity: from immunity to immunotherapy

F Nimmerjahn, G Vidarsson, MS Cragg - Nature immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Humoral immune responses are characterized by complex mixtures of polyclonal antibody
species varying in their isotype, target epitope specificity and affinity. Posttranslational …

Afucosylated IgG characterizes enveloped viral responses and correlates with COVID-19 severity

MD Larsen, EL de Graaf, ME Sonneveld, HR Plomp… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Antibody function is often considered static and mostly determined by
isotype and subclass. The conserved N-linked glycan at position 297 in the Fc domain of …

Mucosal immune responses to infection and vaccination in the respiratory tract

RC Mettelman, EK Allen, PG Thomas - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The lungs are constantly exposed to inhaled debris, allergens, pollutants, commensal or
pathogenic microorganisms, and respiratory viruses. As a result, innate and adaptive …

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 …

Fc-mediated antibody effector functions during respiratory syncytial virus infection and disease

EA Van Erp, W Luytjes, G Ferwerda… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of severe lower respiratory tract infections
and hospitalization in infants under 1 year of age and there is currently no market-approved …

Early non-neutralizing, afucosylated antibody responses are associated with COVID-19 severity

S Chakraborty, JC Gonzalez, BL Sievers… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
A damaging inflammatory response is implicated in the pathogenesis of severe coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), but mechanisms contributing to this response are unclear. In two …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated multi-omic single-cell atlas of human B cell identity

DR Glass, AG Tsai, JP Oliveria, FJ Hartmann… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
B cells are capable of a wide range of effector functions including antibody secretion,
antigen presentation, cytokine production, and generation of immunological memory. A …

PD-1 directed immunotherapy alters Tfh and humoral immune responses to seasonal influenza vaccine

RS Herati, DA Knorr, LA Vella, LV Silva, L Chilukuri… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Anti-programmed death-1 (anti-PD-1) immunotherapy reinvigorates CD8 T cell
responses in patients with cancer but PD-1 is also expressed by other immune cells …

mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 induce comparably low long-term IgG Fc galactosylation and sialylation levels but increasing long-term IgG4 responses …

JS Buhre, T Pongracz, I Künsting, AS Lixenfeld… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The new types of mRNA-containing lipid nanoparticle vaccines BNT162b2 and
mRNA-1273 and the adenovirus-based vaccine AZD1222 were developed against SARS …