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ArticleScience translational medicine2022

Early non-neutralizing, afucosylated antibody responses are associated with COVID-19 severity.

Saborni Chakraborty, Joseph C Gonzalez, Benjamin L Sievers, Vamsee Mallajosyula, Srijoni Chakraborty, Megha Dubey, Usama Ashraf, Bowie Yik-Ling Cheng, Nimish Kathale, Kim Quyen Thi Tran and 32 more

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Article in Science translational medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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97 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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42 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.

Saborni ChakrabortyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0502-3757
Joseph C GonzalezDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3282-0041
Benjamin L SieversJ. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9681-9082
Vamsee MallajosyulaInstitute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0658-3652
Srijoni ChakrabortyDepartment of Computer and Software Engineering, San José State University, San Jose, CA 95192, USA.
Megha DubeyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7119-6504
Usama AshrafDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8686-9054
Bowie Yik-Ling ChengDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0794-6133
Nimish KathaleDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.
Kim Quyen Thi TranDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.
Courtney ScallanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4371-8744
Aanika SinnottJ. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3445-5930
Arianna CassidyDivision of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Steven T ChenPrecision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029-5674, USA.
Terri GelbartJ. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7863-1262
Fei GaoInstitute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Yarden GolanDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3043-3638
Xuhuai JiInstitute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1768-6403
Seunghee Kim-SchulzePrecision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029-5674, USA.
Mary PrahlDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0091-2731
Stephanie L GawDivision of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0891-6964
Sacha GnjaticPrecision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029-5674, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5643-9520
Thomas U MarronPrecision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029-5674, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5903-8191
Miriam MeradPrecision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029-5674, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4481-7827
Prabhu S ArunachalamInstitute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0090-5689
Scott D BoydDepartments of Pathology and of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0963-044X
Mark M DavisInstitute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6868-657X
Marisa HolubarDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7585-1809
Chaitan KhoslaDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6529-495X
Holden T MaeckerInstitute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0795-9946
Yvonne MaldonadoDepartment of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Elizabeth D MellinsDepartment of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2577-139X
Kari C NadeauSean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2146-2955
Bali PulendranInstitute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6517-4333
Upinder SinghDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0630-0306
Aruna SubramanianDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1373-6768
Paul J UtzDepartment of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1181-1565
Robert SherwoodProteomics and Metabolomics Facility, Institute of Biotechnology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Sheng ZhangProteomics and Metabolomics Facility, Institute of Biotechnology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8206-1007
Prasanna JagannathanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6305-758X
Gene S TanJ. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8965-1509
Taia T WangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3894-685X
Stanford University · USJ. Craig Venter Institute · USTisch Hospital · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USCornell University · USSan Jose State University · USChan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States) · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USQB3 · US

Funding

Using a tonsil organoid system to probe conditions for the induction of protective antibody and T cell responses to influenza.U19AI057229 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Mark Morris Davis · 2003 to 2026
$88.5M
MOLECULAR &CELLULAR IMMUNOBIOLOGYT32AI007290 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Sean Curtis Bendall, Olivia M Martinez · 1985 to 2026
$27.0M
Understanding B cell memory in response to diverse virus infectionsU19AI111825 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI BOURNAZOS, STYLIANOS · 2014 to 2023
$26.0M
High-Dimensional Immune Monitoring of NCI-Supported Immunotherapy TrialsU24CA224319 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Sacha Gnjatic, Seunghee Kim-Schulze · 2017 to 2026
$21.5M
The effects of immune-age on immune-response and the molecular mechanisms which drive itP01AI153559 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DAVIS, MARK MORRIS · 2021 to 2025
$17.8M
Systems biological assessment of T cell responses to vaccinationU19AI167903 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BALI PULENDRAN · 2022 to 2026
$13.2M
Project 3: T CellsU54CA260517 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DAVIS, MARK MORRIS · 2020 to 2024
$10.4M
Computational models of naturally acquired immunity to falciparum malariaU01AI150741 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BUTTE, ATUL J, GREENHOUSE, BRYAN R · 2020 to 2024
$7.4M
Giant MagnetoResistive (GMR) Sensors for Measuring Influenza VaccineR01AI125197 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI UTZ, PAUL JOSEPH, WANG, SHAN X. · 2016 to 2021
$5.0M
Characterizing and predicting colitis in immune checkpoint blockade-treated cancer patientsU01DK124165 · NIDDK · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI COLOMBEL, JEAN-FREDERIC, FAITH, JEREMIAH JAMES · 2020 to 2024
$2.9M
Regulation of the IgG Fc domain repertoireR01AI139119 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, TAIA · 2019 to 2023
$2.8M
Mentoring translational scientists in international infectious disease researchK24AI144048 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Bryan R Greenhouse · 2019 to 2026
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS U24 CA224319NCI NIH HHS U54 CA260517NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI076614NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI144048NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI153559NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125197NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139119NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007290NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI150741NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI057229NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI111825NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI167903NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK124165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A damaging inflammatory response is implicated in the pathogenesis of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but mechanisms contributing to this response are unclear. In two prospective cohorts, early non-neutralizing, afucosylated immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies specific to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were associated with progression from mild to more severe COVID-19. To study the biology of afucosylated IgG immune complexes, we developed an in vivo model that revealed that human IgG-Fc-gamma receptor (FcγR) interactions could regulate inflammation in the lung. Afucosylated IgG immune complexes isolated from patients with COVID-19 induced inflammatory cytokine production and robust infiltration of the lung by immune cells. In contrast to the antibody structures that were associated with disease progression, antibodies that were elicited by messenger RNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines were highly fucosylated and enriched in sialylation, both modifications that reduce the inflammatory potential of IgG. Vaccine-elicited IgG did not promote an inflammatory lung response. These results show that human IgG-FcγR interactions regulate inflammation in the lung and define distinct lung activities mediated by the IgG that are associated with protection against, or progression to, severe COVID-19.

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COVID-19Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntibody FormationCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansProspective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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