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ReviewBiotechnology advances2023

Modulating antibody effector functions by Fc glycoengineering.

Mikel García-Alija, Berre van Moer, Diego E Sastre, Tala Azzam, Jonathan J Du, Beatriz Trastoy, Nico Callewaert, Eric J Sundberg, Marcelo E Guerin

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Review in Biotechnology advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Immunoglobulin G in aging and cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  11. Therapeutic effect of galactosyltransferase- and sialyltransferase-encoding mRNA in rheumatoid arthritis.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  15. Future of bNAbs in HIV Treatment.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2025
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  19. Immunoglobulin GFrontiers in immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mikel García-AlijaStructural Glycobiology Laboratory, Biocruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia 48903, Spain.
Berre van MoerVIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Zwijnaarde, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium; Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium.
Diego E SastreDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Tala AzzamDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Jonathan J DuDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Beatriz TrastoyStructural Glycoimmunology Laboratory, Biocruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, 48903, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain. Electronic address: beatriz.trastoy@gmail.com.
Nico CallewaertVIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Zwijnaarde, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium; Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium. Electronic address: nico.callewaert@vib-ugent.be.
Eric J SundbergDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: eric.sundberg@emory.edu.
Marcelo E GuerinStructural Glycobiology Laboratory, Biocruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia 48903, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain. Electronic address: mrcguerin@gmail.com.

Funding

Rationalizing glycoengineering strategies for immunotherapeutic antibodiesR01AI149297 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JEFFREY Victor RAVETCH, ERIC JOHN SUNDBERG · 2020 to 2026
$3.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI149297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody based drugs, including IgG monoclonal antibodies, are an expanding class of therapeutics widely employed to treat cancer, autoimmune and infectious diseases. IgG antibodies have a conserved N-glycosylation site at Asn297 that bears complex type N-glycans which, along with other less conserved N- and O-glycosylation sites, fine-tune effector functions, complement activation, and half-life of antibodies. Fucosylation, galactosylation, sialylation, bisection and mannosylation all generate glycoforms that interact in a specific manner with different cellular antibody receptors and are linked to a distinct functional profile. Antibodies, including those employed in clinical settings, are generated with a mixture of glycoforms attached to them, which has an impact on their efficacy, stability and effector functions. It is therefore of great interest to produce antibodies containing only tailored glycoforms with specific effects associated with them. To this end, several antibody engineering strategies have been developed, including the usage of engineered mammalian cell lines, in vitro and in vivo glycoengineering.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalImmunoglobulin GAnimalsCell LineGlycosylationMammalsPolysaccharidesAntibodies, MonoclonalImmunoglobulin GPolysaccharidesAntibodyEndoglycosidaseGlycoengineeringGlycosynthaseIgGN-glycosylation

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PMID37336296
PMCPMC11027751

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