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ReviewJournal of autoimmunity2007

Properties and function of polyreactive antibodies and polyreactive antigen-binding B cells.

Zhao-Hua Zhou, Athanasios G Tzioufas, Abner Louis Notkins

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Review in Journal of autoimmunity, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Zhao-Hua ZhouExperimental Medicine Section, Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Building 30, Room 106, 30 Convent Dr., MSC 4322, Bethesda, MD 20892-4322, USA.
Athanasios G Tzioufas
Abner Louis Notkins

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 OD999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of hybridoma technology has made it possible to study in-depth individual antibody molecules. These studies have revealed a number of surprises that have and are continuing to change our view of the immune system. None of these was more surprising than the demonstration that many antibody molecules are polyreactive - that is they can bind to a variety of different and structurally unrelated self- and non-self-foreign antigens. These findings make it clear that self-reactivity is a common and not necessarily forbidden or pathogenic feature of the immune system and that the well-known broad antibacterial activity of natural antibodies is largely due to polyreactive antibodies. In this brief review we will discuss these insights and their impact on basic and clinical immunology.

Indexed as

Antibody SpecificityAnimalsAntibodiesAntigen-Antibody ReactionsAntigensAutoantibodiesAutoantigensB-LymphocytesHumansAntibodiesAntigensAutoantibodiesAutoantigens

Identifiers

PMID17888628
PMCPMC2100422

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