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ArticleJournal of immunological methods2019

A high-throughput, bead-based, antigen-specific assay to assess the ability of antibodies to induce complement activation.

Stephanie Fischinger, Jonathan K Fallon, Ashlin R Michell, Thomas Broge, Todd J Suscovich, Hendrik Streeck, Galit Alter

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Article in Journal of immunological methods, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 168 papers.

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168citing papers in PubMed
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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168 citing papers in PubMed, 216 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Stephanie FischingerRagon Institute of MGH, Harvard and MIT, Cambridge 02139, USA; University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 47057, Germany.
Jonathan K FallonRagon Institute of MGH, Harvard and MIT, Cambridge 02139, USA.
Ashlin R MichellRagon Institute of MGH, Harvard and MIT, Cambridge 02139, USA.
Thomas BrogeRagon Institute of MGH, Harvard and MIT, Cambridge 02139, USA.
Todd J SuscovichRagon Institute of MGH, Harvard and MIT, Cambridge 02139, USA.
Hendrik StreeckUniversity of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 47057, Germany.
Galit AlterRagon Institute of MGH, Harvard and MIT, Cambridge 02139, USA. Electronic address: galter@mgh.harvard.edu.
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · USUniversity of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

The impact of HIV viral diversity and cellular immunity on HIV pathogenesisP30AI060354 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI ARTHUR Y KIM · 2004 to 2026
$94.4M
Technology CoreU19AI135995 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI Robert F Garry · 2018 to 2026
$32.0M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI060354NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI135995
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complement system plays a critical role in innate immune defense against pathogens, both via non-specific direct pathogen recognition and killing or via antigen-specific indirect recruitment by complement fixing antibodies. While various assays for measuring complement activation have been developed, few provide a high-throughput, sample-sparing approach to interrogate the qualitative differences in the ability of antibodies to drive complement activation. Here we present a high-throughput, sample-sparing, bead-based assay to evaluate antigen-specific antibody-dependent complement activation against nearly any antigen. Optimization of buffer composition, kinetics of immune complex formation, as well as complement source all contribute critically to the development of a robust, highly flexible and high-throughput approach to analyze antibody-dependent complement deposition (ADCD). Thus, the optimized bead-based, antigen-specific assay represents a simple, highly adaptable platform to profile antibody-dependent complement activation across pathogens and diseases.

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Complement ActivationAnimalsAntibodiesComplement System ProteinsFlow CytometryGuinea PigsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansReproducibility of ResultsAntibodiesComplement System ProteinsADCDAntibody-dependent effector functionComplementFc receptorHigh-throughput

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PMID31301278
PMCPMC6722412
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