Intravenous immunoglobulin G: trends in production methods, quality control and quality assurance

M Radosevich, T Burnouf - Vox sanguinis, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG) is now the leading product obtained by fractionation of
human plasma. It is the standard replacement therapy in primary and acquired humoral …

Survival and digestibility of orally-administered immunoglobulin preparations containing IgG through the gastrointestinal tract in humans

VS Jasion, BP Burnett - Nutrition journal, 2015 - Springer
Oral immunoglobulin (Ig) preparations are prime examples of medicinal nutrition from
natural sources. Plasma products containing Ig have been used for decades in animal feed …

Distinct characteristics of antibody responses against factor VIII in healthy individuals and in different cohorts of hemophilia A patients

SFJ Whelan, CJ Hofbauer, FM Horling… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Neutralizing antibodies against factor VIII (FVIII) remain the major complication in the
replacement therapy of hemophilia A patients. To better understand the evolution of these …

Purification of intravenous immunoglobulin G from human plasma–aspects of yield and virus safety

A Buchacher, G Iberer - Biotechnology Journal: Healthcare …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma‐derived intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations have been successfully
applied for the prophylactic prevention of infectious diseases in immunodeficient patients. In …

The human IgG anti-carbohydrate repertoire exhibits a universal architecture and contains specificity for microbial attachment sites

C Schneider, DF Smith, RD Cummings… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
Despite the paradigm that carbohydrates are T cell–independent antigens, isotype-switched
glycan-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and polysaccharide-specific T cells are …

Outcomes of ICU patients treated with intravenous immunoglobulin for sepsis or autoimmune diseases

M Tocut, T Kolitz, O Shovman, Y Haviv, M Boaz… - Autoimmunity …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the outcomes of hospitalized patients in two intensive care units
(ICU) treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) added to standard-of-care therapy. The …

Antibody diversity in IVIG: Therapeutic opportunities for novel immunotherapeutic drugs

S von Gunten, C Schneider, L Imamovic… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Significant progress has been made in the elucidation of human antibody repertoires.
Furthermore, non-canonical functions of antibodies have been identified that reach beyond …

Measurement of anti-beta amyloid antibodies in human blood

P Szabo, DM Mujalli, ML Rotondi, R Sharma… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The human IgG repertoire contains endogenous antibodies against beta amyloid (Aβ) that
may be relevant to the pathogenesis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. There have been …

Exposure of NK cells to intravenous immunoglobulin induces IFNγ release and degranulation but inhibits their cytotoxic activity

C Jacobi, M Claus, B Wildemann, S Wingert… - Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
The mechanisms underlying the modulation of Natural Killer (NK) cell functions by
intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) are poorly understood. Using an ex vivo whole blood …

Exposure of IgG to an acidic environment results in molecular modifications and in enhanced protective activity in sepsis

IK Djoumerska‐Alexieva, JD Dimitrov… - The FEBS …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
IgG molecules are exposed on a regular basis to acidic conditions during immunoaffinity
purification procedures, as well as during the production of some therapeutic …