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ArticleJACS Au2021

Reversed Immunoglycomics Identifies α-Galactosyl-Bearing Glycotopes Specific for

Alba L Montoya, Victoria M Austin, Susana Portillo, Irodiel Vinales, Roger A Ashmus, Igor Estevao, Sohan R Jankuru, Yasser Alraey, Waleed S Al-Salem, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano and 2 more

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Article in JACS Au, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alba L MontoyaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.
Victoria M AustinDepartment of Vector Biology, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9862-8610
Susana PortilloDepartment of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.
Irodiel VinalesDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.
Roger A AshmusDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.
Igor EstevaoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3946-8375
Sohan R JankuruDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.
Yasser AlraeyDepartment of Vector Biology, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, United Kingdom.
Waleed S Al-SalemDepartment of Vector Biology, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, United Kingdom.
Álvaro Acosta-SerranoDepartment of Vector Biology, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, United Kingdom.
Igor C AlmeidaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.
Katja MichaelDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-3702
The University of Texas at El Paso · USLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GB

Funding

TOXICOLOGY PROJECTG12RR008124 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI AGUILERA, RENATO J · 1992 to 2011
$20.8M
TCCG12MD007592 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI KIRKEN, ROBERT A. · 2012 to 2018
$19.4M
Differential diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis by immunoassays with density-controlled presentation of glycan biomarkersR21AI137890 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI MICHAEL, KATJA · 2018 to 2019
$416k
NCRR NIH HHS G12 RR008124NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI137890NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All healthy humans have high levels of natural anti-α-galactosyl (α-Gal) antibodies (elicited by yet uncharacterized glycotopes), which may play important roles in immunoglycomics: (a) potential protection against certain parasitic and viral zoonotic infections; (b) targeting of α-Gal-engineered cancer cells; (c) aiding in tissue repair; and (d) serving as adjuvants in α-Gal-based vaccines. Patients with certain protozoan infections have specific anti-α-Gal antibodies, elicited against parasite-derived α-Gal-bearing glycotopes. These glycotopes, however, remain elusive except for the well-characterized glycotope Galα1,3Galβ1,4GlcNAcα, expressed by

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