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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Early endosome as a pathogenic target for antiphosphatidylethanolamine antibodies.

Songwang Hou, Heike Fölsch, Ke Ke, Joan Cook Mills, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Ming Zhao

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pretransplant natural antibody levels identify a subset of deceased donor kidney transplant recipients that benefit from infliximab induction.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2025
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  4. Anti-phospholipid antibodies are elevated and functionally active in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Songwang HouFeinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Heike FölschDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Ke KeFeinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Joan Cook MillsAllergy-Immunology Division, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Rosalind Ramsey-GoldmanRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Ming ZhaoFeinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611; m-zhao@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · USOsaka University · JP

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms of Basolateral Targeting in Polarized Epithelial CellsR01GM070736 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI FOLSCH, HEIKE · 2005 to 2018
$4.1M
Imaging Vascular PhosphatidylethanolamineR01HL102085 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI ZHAO, MING · 2010 to 2014
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL102085NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM070736
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is a major phospholipid species with important roles in membrane trafficking and reorganization. Accumulating clinical data indicate that the presence of circulating antibodies against PE is positively correlated with the symptoms of antiphospholipid syndromes (APS), including thrombosis and repeated pregnancy loss. However, PE is generally sequestered inside a normal resting cell, and the mechanism by which circulating anti-PE antibodies access cellular PE remains unknown. The studies presented here were conducted with synthetic PE-binding agents, plasma samples from patients with anti-PE autoimmunity, and purified anti-PE antibodies. The results suggest that the cellular vulnerability to anti-PE antibodies may be mediated by the binding of PE molecules in the membrane of the early endosome. Endosomal PE binding led to functional changes in endothelial cells, including declines in proliferation and increases in the production of reactive oxygen species, as well as the expression of inflammatory molecules. Collectively, our findings provide insight into the etiology of anti-PE autoimmunity and, because endosomes are of central importance in almost all types of cells, could have important implications for a wide range of biological processes.

Indexed as

Antibodies, AntiphospholipidAntiphospholipid SyndromeEndosomesHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsImmunoglobulin MPhosphatidylethanolaminesAntibodies, AntiphospholipidImmunoglobulin MphosphatidylethanolaminePhosphatidylethanolaminesantiphosphatidylethanolamineantiphospholipid syndromesduramycinearly endosomephosphatidylethanolamine

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PMID29229837
PMCPMC5748199
OpenAlexW2773448305

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