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ArticleGlycobiology2022

Response to Oswald et al.: ST6Gal1 in plasma is dispensable for IgG sialylation.

Anja Werner, Falk Nimmerjahn

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Article in Glycobiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anja Werner
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence or absence of terminal sialic acid residues in the sugar moiety attached to the Fc-domain of IgG molecules modulates IgG activity and is associated with autoimmune or infection related inflammation. In a recent paper, Oswald and colleagues suggest that IgG sialylation may occur post IgG secretion from plasma cells, which would be a major issue for therapeutic antibodies injected into patients. In contrast, we argue that previous work rather demonstrates that IgG sialylation occurs within B cells and that the experimental system used by the authors is not suitable to address this critical question.

Indexed as

Immunoglobulin GN-Acetylneuraminic AcidAntigens, CDbeta-D-Galactoside alpha 2-6-SialyltransferaseB-LymphocytesHumansInflammationSialyltransferasesAntigens, CDbeta-D-Galactoside alpha 2-6-SialyltransferaseImmunoglobulin GN-Acetylneuraminic AcidSialyltransferasesST6GAL1 protein, humanantibodyautoimmunitysialic acid

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PMID36036830
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