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ArticleNature communications2018

Single human B cell-derived monoclonal anti-Candida antibodies enhance phagocytosis and protect against disseminated candidiasis.

Fiona M Rudkin, Ingrida Raziunaite, Hillary Workman, Sosthene Essono, Rodrigo Belmonte, Donna M MacCallum, Elizabeth M Johnson, Lisete M Silva, Angelina S Palma, Ten Feizi and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Fiona M RudkinMedical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
Ingrida RaziunaiteMedical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
Hillary WorkmanGlobal Biotherapeutic Technologies, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Sosthene EssonoGlobal Biotherapeutic Technologies, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Rodrigo BelmonteMedical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
Donna M MacCallumMedical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4833-0378
Elizabeth M JohnsonNational Infection Service, PHE South West Laboratory, Science Quarter, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK.
Lisete M SilvaGlycosciences Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, W12 0NN, UK.
Angelina S PalmaUCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 1099-085, Portugal.
Ten FeiziGlycosciences Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, W12 0NN, UK.
Allan JensenGlobal Biotherapeutic Technologies, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Lars P ErwigMedical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
Neil A R GowMedical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK. n.gow@exeter.ac.uk.
University of Aberdeen · GBClovis Oncology (United Kingdom) · GBPfizer (United States) · USLundbeck (Denmark) · DKRoslin Institute · GBSouthmead Hospital · GBUniversity of Lisbon · PT

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_14114Medical Research Council MR/N006364/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The high global burden of over one million annual lethal fungal infections reflects a lack of protective vaccines, late diagnosis and inadequate chemotherapy. Here, we have generated a unique set of fully human anti-Candida monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with diagnostic and therapeutic potential by expressing recombinant antibodies from genes cloned from the B cells of patients suffering from candidiasis. Single class switched memory B cells isolated from donors serum-positive for anti-Candida IgG were differentiated in vitro and screened against recombinant Candida albicans Hyr1 cell wall protein and whole fungal cell wall preparations. Antibody genes from Candida-reactive B cell cultures were cloned and expressed in Expi293F human embryonic kidney cells to generate a panel of human recombinant anti-Candida mAbs that demonstrate morphology-specific, high avidity binding to the cell wall. The species-specific and pan-Candida mAbs generated through this technology display favourable properties for diagnostics, strong opsono-phagocytic activity of macrophages in vitro, and protection in a murine model of disseminated candidiasis.

Indexed as

PhagocytosisAnimalsAntibodies, FungalAntibodies, MonoclonalB-LymphocytesCandidaCandida albicansCandidiasisFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CAntibodies, FungalAntibodies, Monoclonal

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PMID30538246
PMCPMC6290022
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