Human plasma protein N-glycosylation

F Clerc, KR Reiding, BC Jansen, GSM Kammeijer… - Glycoconjugate …, 2016 - Springer
Glycosylation is the most abundant and complex protein modification, and can have a
profound structural and functional effect on the conjugate. The oligosaccharide fraction is …

[HTML][HTML] Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy: how does IgG modulate the immune system?

I Schwab, F Nimmerjahn - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2013 - nature.com
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations comprise pooled IgG antibodies from the
serum of thousands of donors and were initially used as an IgG replacement therapy in …

The emerging importance of IgG Fab glycosylation in immunity

FS van de Bovenkamp, L Hafkenscheid… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.aai.org
Human IgG is the most abundant glycoprotein in serum and is crucial for protective
immunity. In addition to conserved IgG Fc glycans,∼ 15–25% of serum IgG contains glycans …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of glycosylation analysis and control: an integrated approach to producing optimal and consistent therapeutic drugs

P Zhang, S Woen, T Wang, B Liau, S Zhao, C Chen… - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Glycosylation of antibodies has a range of effects on their binding and effector
functions.•Regulatory agencies require stringent glycan analysis to ensure safety and …

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Fab glycosylation analysis using a new mass spectrometric high-throughput profiling method reveals pregnancy-associated changes

A Bondt, Y Rombouts, MHJ Selman… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2014 - ASBMB
The N-linked glycosylation of the constant fragment (Fc) of immunoglobulin G has been
shown to change during pathological and physiological events and to strongly influence …

Glycan analysis of therapeutic glycoproteins

L Zhang, S Luo, B Zhang - MAbs, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are glycoproteins produced by living cell
systems. The glycan moieties attached to the proteins can directly affect protein stability …

In Vitro Glycoengineering of IgG1 and Its Effect on Fc Receptor Binding and ADCC Activity

M Thomann, T Schlothauer, T Dashivets, S Malik… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The importance and effect of Fc glycosylation of monoclonal antibodies with regard to
biological activity is widely discussed and has been investigated in numerous studies. Fc …

[HTML][HTML] Differential antibody glycosylation in autoimmunity: sweet biomarker or modulator of disease activity?

M Seeling, C Brückner, F Nimmerjahn - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2017 - nature.com
A loss of humoral tolerance is a hallmark of many autoimmune diseases and the detection of
self-reactive antibodies (autoantibodies) of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) isotype is widely …

Extensive glycosylation of ACPA-IgG variable domains modulates binding to citrullinated antigens in rheumatoid arthritis

Y Rombouts, A Willemze, JJBC van Beers… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To understand the molecular features distinguishing anti-citrullinated protein
antibodies (ACPA) from 'conventional'antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods …

Glycoproteomic analysis of antibodies

G Zauner, MHJ Selman, A Bondt, Y Rombouts… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2013 - ASBMB
Antibody glycosylation has been shown to change with various processes. This review
presents mass spectrometric approaches for antibody glycosylation analysis at the level of …