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ReviewAntibodies (Basel, Switzerland)2018

IgG Antibody 3D Structures and Dynamics.

Jacob White Jay, Brinkley Bray, Yaozhi Qi, Eseosaserea Igbinigie, Hao Wu, Jinping Li, Gang Ren

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Review in Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Four IgG Antibodies and Protein G Are Shapeshifters.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  8. The Role of Glycans in Human Immunity-A Sweet Code.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. Effects ofFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2024
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  20. A Brain-Targeting Bispecific-Multivalent Antibody Clears Soluble Amyloid-Beta Aggregates in Alzheimer's Disease Mice.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jacob White JayDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA 31404, USA. Jacob.White.Jay@live.mercer.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2991-9152
Brinkley BrayDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA 31404, USA. Brinkley.Ann.Bray@live.mercer.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9582-0508
Yaozhi QiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA 31404, USA. qi_y@mercer.edu.
Eseosaserea IgbinigieDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA 31404, USA. eseosaserea.grace.igbinigie@live.mercer.edu.
Hao WuCollege of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. 11132015314@bnu.edu.cn.
Jinping LiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA 31404, USA. li_j@mercer.edu.
Gang RenThe Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. gren@lbl.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-8036-2321

Funding

Serum Amyloid and Inflammation in AtherogenesisP01HL030086 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HEINECKE, JAY W · 1985 to 2009
$14.7M
Structure-Function Relationship Studies of the Plasma Lipid Transfer Proteins CETP and PLTPR01HL115153 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI REN, GANG · 2012 to 2021
$3.9M
Lipoprotein Structure and Function by Individual Particle Electron TomographyR01GM104427 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI REN, GANG · 2013 to 2016
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL030086NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL115153NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM104427
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies are vital for human health because of their ability to function as nature's drugs by protecting the body from infection. In recent decades, antibodies have been used as pharmaceutics for targeted therapy in patients with cancer, autoimmune diseases, and cardiovascular diseases. Capturing the dynamic structure of antibodies and characterizing antibody fluctuation is critical for gaining a deeper understanding of their structural characteristics and for improving drug development. Current techniques for studying three-dimensional (3D) structural heterogeneity and variability of proteins have limitations in ascertaining the dynamic structural behavior of antibodies and antibody-antigen complexes. Here, we review current techniques used to study antibody structures with a focus on the recently developed individual-particle electron tomography (IPET) technique. IPET, as a particle-by-particle methodology for 3D structural characterization, has shown advantages in studying structural variety and conformational changes of antibodies, providing direct imaging data for biomolecular engineering to improve development and clinical application of synthetic antibodies.

Indexed as

3D structure of IgGantibody dynamicsantibody engineeringantibody structurebispecific antibodyelectron tomographyhomodimer antibodyindividual-particle 3D imageindividual-particle electron tomographyIPETsingle molecule 3D imagestructure of bispecific IgG1

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PMID31544870
PMCPMC6698877

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