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ReviewImmunology letters2009

Specific antibody activity, glycan heterogeneity and polyreactivity contribute to the protective activity of S-IgA at mucosal surfaces.

Jiri Mestecky, Michael W Russell

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Review in Immunology letters, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jiri MesteckyDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35295-2170, USA. mestecky@uab.edu
Michael W Russell
Charles University · CZUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

Novel VLP-Based Mucosal and Sytemic HIV VaccinesU19AI028147 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI MESTECKY, JIRI F · 2003 to 2009
$15.8M
ANTIGENS OF STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS IN CARIES IMMUNITYR37DE006746 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI RUSSELL, MICHAEL W · 1999 to 2008
$2.4M
Gonococcal Inflammatory Immune ResponsesR21AI074791 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI RUSSELL, MICHAEL W · 2009 to 2010
$434k
PROTEIN ANTIGENS OF STREP MUTANS IN CARIES IMMUNITYR01DE006746 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI RUSSELL, MICHAEL W · 1985 to 1998
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NIAID NIH HHS 5 U19AI028147NIAID NIH HHS AI074791NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI074791NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI028147NIDCR NIH HHS DE06746NIDCR NIH HHS R37 DE006746
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An explanation of the principles and mechanisms involved in peaceful co-existence between animals and the huge, diverse, and ever-changing microbiota that resides on their mucosal surfaces represents a challenging puzzle that is fundamental in everyday survival. In addition to mechanical barriers and a variety of innate defense factors, mucosal immunoglobulins (Igs) provide protection by two complementary mechanisms: specific antibody activity and innate, Ig glycan-mediated binding, both of which serve to contain the mucosal microbiota in its physiological niche. Thus, the interaction of bacterial ligands with IgA glycans constitutes a discrete mechanism that is independent of antibody specificity and operates primarily in the intestinal tract. This mucosal site is by far the most heavily colonized with an enormously diverse bacterial population, as well as the most abundant production site for antibodies, predominantly of the IgA isotype, in the entire immune system. In embodying both adaptive and innate immune mechanisms within a single molecule, S-IgA maintains comprehensive protection of mucosal surfaces with economy of structure and function.

Indexed as

Antibody SpecificityAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialBacteriaHumansImmunity, InnateImmunity, MucosalImmunoglobulin A, SecretoryIntestinal MucosaPolysaccharidesAntibodies, BacterialImmunoglobulin A, SecretoryPolysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID19524784
PMCPMC2697127
OpenAlexW2019617330

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