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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

Clinical Significance of Serum Albumin and Implications of FcRn Inhibitor Treatment in IgG-Mediated Autoimmune Disorders.

E Sally Ward, Deborah Gelinas, Erwin Dreesen, Jolien Van Santbergen, Jan Terje Andersen, Nicholas J Silvestri, Joseph E Kiss, Darrell Sleep, Daniel J Rader, John J P Kastelein and 3 more

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
76citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 9 institutions in 5 countries.

E Sally WardCancer Sciences Unit, Centre for Cancer Immunology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Deborah GelinasMedical Affairs, argenx, Boston, MA, United States.
Erwin DreesenDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Jolien Van SantbergenDiscovery, argenx, Ghent, Belgium.
Jan Terje AndersenDepartment of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Nicholas J SilvestriDepartment of Neurology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States.
Joseph E KissVitalant Northeast Division and Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Darrell SleepFreelance Consultant, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Daniel J RaderDepartments of Genetics and Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
John J P KasteleinDepartment of Vascular Medicine, Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease, Academic Medical Center (AMC) of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Els LouagieDiscovery, argenx, Ghent, Belgium.
Gestur VidarssonDepartment of Experimental Immunohematology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Isabel SprietDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Argenx (Belgium) · BEKU Leuven · BEAcademic Medical Center · NLOslo University Hospital · NOSanquin · NLUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serum albumin (SA), the most abundant soluble protein in the body, maintains plasma oncotic pressure and regulates the distribution of vascular fluid and has a range of other important functions. The goals of this review are to expand clinical knowledge regarding the functions of SA, elucidate effects of dysregulated SA concentration, and discuss the clinical relevance of hypoalbuminemia resulting from various diseases. We discuss potential repercussions of SA dysregulation on cholesterol levels, liver function, and other processes that rely on its homeostasis, as decreased SA concentration has been shown to be associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, and mortality. We describe the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of SA, as well as its ability to bind and transport a plethora of endogenous and exogenous molecules. SA is the primary serum protein involved in binding and transport of drugs and as such has the potential to affect, or be affected by, certain medications. Of current relevance are antibody-based inhibitors of the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), several of which are under clinical development to treat immunoglobulin G (IgG)-mediated autoimmune disorders; some have been shown to decrease SA concentration. FcRn acts as a homeostatic regulator of SA by rescuing it, as well as IgG, from intracellular degradation

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesImmunoglobulin GHomeostasisHumansInfant, NewbornReceptors, FcSerum AlbuminImmunoglobulin GReceptors, FcSerum AlbuminalbuminautoimmuneFcRnhypoalbuminemiaIgGmonoclonal antibodyserum protein

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PMID35757719
PMCPMC9231186
OpenAlexW4281990804

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