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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2017

Antibody Heavy Chain Variable Domains of Different Germline Gene Origins Diversify through Different Paths.

Ufuk Kirik, Helena Persson, Fredrik Levander, Lennart Greiff, Mats Ohlin

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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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

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ufuk KirikDepartment of Immunotechnology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Helena PerssonScience for Life Laboratory, Drug Discovery and Development Platform, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Fredrik LevanderDepartment of Immunotechnology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Lennart GreiffDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Mats OhlinDepartment of Immunotechnology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B cells produce antibodies, key effector molecules in health and disease. They mature their properties, including their affinity for antigen, through hypermutation events; processes that involve, e.g., base substitution, codon insertion and deletion, often in association with an isotype switch. Investigations of antibody evolution define modes whereby particular antibody responses are able to form, and such studies provide insight important for instance for development of efficient vaccines. Antibody evolution is also used

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antibody germline geneantibody sequenceimmunoglobulininsertion and deletionsomatic hypermutationsubstitution

Identifiers

PMID29180996
PMCPMC5694033

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