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ReviewSeminars in immunology2018

Antibody glycosylation in inflammation, disease and vaccination.

Galit Alter, Tom H M Ottenhoff, Simone A Joosten

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Review in Seminars in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers.

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112citing papers in PubMed
12.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

112 citing papers in PubMed, 168 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. The Role of Glycans in Human Immunity-A Sweet Code.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Galit AlterRagon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Tom H M OttenhoffDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: t.h.m.ottenhoff@lumc.nl.
Simone A JoostenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: s.a.joosten@lumc.nl.
Leiden University Medical Center · NLRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · US

Funding

In depth characterization of Mtb specific HLA-E restricted human CD8+ T-cellsR21AI127133 · NIAID · LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI OTTENHOFF, TOM · 2016 to 2017
$281k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI127133
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies are antigen recognizing immunoglobulins with an amazingly diverse repertoire in the antigen specific domain. The diversity of the antibody response is further increased by modifications such as somatic recombination and hypermutation. Furthermore, variation in the isotype and post-translational modifications such as Fc glycosylation further increase diversity of the effector functions. In particular variations in the glycan structures contribute significantly to the functional capacities of the antibodies. This is of particular interest given the dynamic nature of these modifications that is strongly influenced by the inflammatory environment. Intriguingly, the glycan profile of antibodies has been unravelled in great detail in inflammatory (auto)immune diseases but received only limited attention in the area of infectious diseases and vaccination. Here, we reviewed the current knowledge on immunoglobulin glycosylation and specifically focussed on studies in the field of infectious diseases and vaccination against infectious diseases, an area with a lot of interesting opportunities.

Indexed as

Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalAgingAntibodiesAntigensCarbohydrate SequenceFucoseGalactoseGlycosylationHIV InfectionsHumansImmunoglobulin GInflammationInfluenza, HumanSialic AcidsVaccinationViral VaccinesAntibodiesAntigensFucoseGalactoseImmunoglobulin GSialic AcidsViral VaccinesAntibodyFunctionGlycanGlycosylationInfectious diseasesVaccination

Identifiers

PMID29903548
PMCPMC8731230
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