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ArticleArthritis and rheumatism2012

Multiple juvenile idiopathic arthritis subtypes demonstrate proinflammatory IgG glycosylation.

Altan Ercan, Michael G Barnes, Melissa Hazen, Heather Tory, Lauren Henderson, Fatma Dedeoglu, Robert C Fuhlbrigge, Alexei Grom, Ingrid A Holm, Mark Kellogg and 9 more

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Article in Arthritis and rheumatism, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Glycobiology of rheumatic diseases.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2023
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  8. Immunoglobulin G Glycosylation in Diseases.Experientia supplementum (2012) · 2021
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  11. IgG Fc glycosylation as an axis of humoral immunity in childhood.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2020
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  19. Glycoproteomic analysis of antibodies.Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Altan ErcanBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Michael G Barnes
Melissa Hazen
Heather Tory
Lauren Henderson
Fatma Dedeoglu
Robert C Fuhlbrigge
Alexei Grom
Ingrid A Holm
Mark Kellogg
Susan Kim
Barbara Adamczyk
Pauline M Rudd
Mary Beth Son
Robert P Sundel
Dirk Foell
David N Glass
Susan D Thompson
Peter A Nigrovic
Boston Children's Museum · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USBoston Children's Hospital · USNational Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training · IEUniversity College Dublin · IEUniversity of Münster · DE

Funding

HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER (UL1)UL1RR025758 · NCRR · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2008 to 2011
$91.4M
Pediatric Rheumatology Tissue RepostoryP01AR048929 · NIAMS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI THOMPSON, SUSAN D · 2003 to 2015
$13.6M
PHARMACOGENOMICS OF JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISP60AR047784 · NIAMS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI LOVELL, DANIEL JOE · 2001 to 2012
$10.5M
MECHANISMS OF ARTHRITIC &DERMATOLOGY DISORDERST32AR007530 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Michael B. Brenner, Ellen M Gravallese · 1986 to 2026
$10.4M
ROLE OF ANGPTL4, AN ANGIOGENIC MEDIATOR, IN ARTHRITISP30AR047363 · NIAMS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI FLICK, MATTHEW J. · 2001 to 2015
$9.2M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025758NCRR NIH HHS UL1-RR-025758NIAMS NIH HHS P01 AR048929NIAMS NIH HHS P01-AR-48929NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR047363NIAMS NIH HHS P30-AR-47363NIAMS NIH HHS P60 AR047784NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR007530NIAMS NIH HHS T32-AR-07530-25
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveRheumatoid arthritis is associated with an excess of agalactosylated (G0) IgG that is considered relatively proinflammatory. Assessment of this association in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is complicated by age-dependent IgG glycan variation. The aim of this study was to conduct the first large-scale survey of IgG glycans in healthy children and patients with JIA, with a focus on early childhood, the time of peak JIA incidence.

methodsIgG glycans from healthy children and disease-modifying antirheumatic drug-naive patients with JIA were characterized using high-performance liquid chromatography. Agalactosylated glycans were quantitated with reference to monogalactosylated (G1) species. Associations were sought between the G0:G1 ratio and disease characteristics.

resultsAmong healthy children ages 9 months to 16 years (n = 165), the G0:G1 ratio was highly age dependent, with the ratio peaking to 1.19 in children younger than age 3 years and declining to a nadir of 0.83 after age 10 years (Spearman's ρ = 0.60, P < 0.0001). In patients with JIA (n = 141), the G0:G1 ratio was elevated compared with that in control subjects (1.32 versus 1.02; P < 0.0001). The G0:G1 ratio corrected for age was abnormally high in all JIA subtypes (enthesitis-related arthritis was not assessed), most strikingly in systemic JIA. Glycosylation aberrancy was comparable in patients with and those without antinuclear antibodies and in both early- and late-onset disease and exhibited at most a weak correlation with markers of inflammation.

conclusionIgG glycosylation is skewed toward proinflammatory G0 variants in healthy children, in particular during the first few years of life. This deviation is exaggerated in patients with JIA. The role for IgG glycan variation in immune function in children, including the predilection of JIA for early childhood, remains to be defined.

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AdolescentArthritis, JuvenileChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGlycosylationHumansImmunoglobulin GInfantInflammationMaleImmunoglobulin G

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PMCPMC3429730
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