High titers and low fucosylation of early human anti–SARS-CoV-2 IgG promote inflammation by alveolar macrophages

W Hoepel, HJ Chen, CE Geyer… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) become critically ill primarily
around the time of activation of the adaptive immune response. Here, we provide evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Cells of the human intestinal tract mapped across space and time

R Elmentaite, N Kumasaka, K Roberts, A Fleming… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The cellular landscape of the human intestinal tract is dynamic throughout life, developing in
utero and changing in response to functional requirements and environmental exposures …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging antibody, B cell and Fc receptor interactions to understand heterogeneous immune responses in tuberculosis

SM Carpenter, LL Lu - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite over a century of research, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of
tuberculosis (TB), continues to kill 1.5 million people annually. Though less than 10% of …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting success of allergen-specific immunotherapy

UM Zissler, CB Schmidt-Weber - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The immune response to antigens is a key aspect of immunology, as it provides
opportunities for therapeutic intervention. However, the induction of immunological tolerance …

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG from severely ill COVID-19 patients promotes macrophage hyper-inflammatory responses

W Hoepel, HJ Chen, S Allahverdiyeva, X Manz, J Aman… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
For yet unknown reasons, severely ill COVID-19 patients often become critically ill around
the time of activation of adaptive immunity. Here, we show that anti-Spike IgG from serum of …

[HTML][HTML] The role of IgA in chronic upper airway disease: friend or foe?

A Sánchez Montalvo, S Gohy, P Rombaux… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chronic upper airway inflammation is amongst the most prevalent chronic disease entities in
the Western world with prevalence around 30%(rhinitis) and 11%(rhinosinusitis). Chronic …

[HTML][HTML] M2 macrophage-related gene signature in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Y Zhu, X Sun, S Tan, C Luo, J Zhou, S Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a common sinonasal
inflammatory disorder with high heterogeneity. Increasing evidence have indicated that the …

IgG subclasses shape cytokine responses by human myeloid immune cells through differential metabolic reprogramming

W Hoepel, S Allahverdiyeva, H Harbiye… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
IgG Abs are crucial for various immune functions, including neutralization, phagocytosis, and
Ab-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. In this study, we identified another function of IgG by …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological and pathological inflammation induced by antibodies and pentraxins

CE Geyer, L Mes, M Newling, J den Dunnen, W Hoepel - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Macrophages play a key role in induction of inflammatory responses. These inflammatory
responses are mostly considered to be instigated by activation of pattern recognition …

mTOR-driven glycolysis governs induction of innate immune responses by bronchial epithelial cells exposed to the bacterial component flagellin

I Ramirez-Moral, X Yu, JM Butler, M van Weeghel… - Mucosal …, 2021 - nature.com
Human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells play an essential role during bacterial infections of
the airways by sensing pathogens and orchestrating protective immune responses. We here …