Designing Multivalent and Multispecific Biologics

JJ Kang, A Ohoka, CA Sarkar - Annual Review of Chemical and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
In the era of precision medicine, multivalent and multispecific therapeutics present a
promising approach for targeted disease intervention. These therapeutics are designed to …

De Novo Design of Polyhedral Protein Assemblies: Before and After the AI Revolution

BB Mallik, J Stanislaw, TM Alawathurage… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembling polyhedral protein biomaterials have gained attention as engineering
targets owing to their naturally evolved sophisticated functions, ranging from protecting …

Defining and studying B cell receptor and TCR interactions

CG Rappazzo, ML Fernández-Quintero… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.aai.org
Abstract BCRs (Abs) and TCRs (or adaptive immune receptors [AIRs]) are the means by
which the adaptive immune system recognizes foreign and self-antigens, playing an integral …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking B cell responses to the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 vaccine

FL de Assis, KB Hoehn, X Zhang, L Kardava, CD Smith… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Protective immunity following vaccination is sustained by long-lived antibody-secreting cells
and resting memory B cells (MBCs). Responses to two-dose SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 …

Functional CVIDs phenotype clusters identified by the integration of immune parameters after BNT162b2 boosters

E Piano Mortari, F Pulvirenti, V Marcellini… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Assessing the response to vaccinations is one of the diagnostic criteria for
Common Variable Immune Deficiencies (CVIDs). Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 offered …

The anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG1 and IgG3 antibody isotypes with limited neutralizing capacity against omicron elicited in a Latin population a switch toward IgG4 after …

AM Espino, A Armina-Rodriguez, L Alvarez… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to analyze the profiles of IgG subclasses in COVID-19
convalescent Puerto Rican subjects and compare these profiles with those of non-infected …

Single B cell transcriptomics identifies multiple isotypes of broadly neutralizing antibodies against flaviviruses

J Lubow, LM Levoir, DK Ralph, L Belmont… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Sequential dengue virus (DENV) infections often generate neutralizing antibodies against
all four DENV serotypes and sometimes, Zika virus. Characterizing cross-flavivirus broadly …

Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 VOC neutralization and novel mAb reveal protection against Omicron

L Hao, TY Hsiang, RR Dalmat, R Ireton, JF Morton… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
New variants of SARS-CoV-2 continue to emerge and evade immunity. We isolated SARS-
CoV-2 temporally across the pandemic starting with the first emergence of the virus in the …

[HTML][HTML] Diminished responses to mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis on immune-modifying therapies

SD Klebanoff, LB Rodda, C Morishima, MH Wener… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes
debilitating swelling and destruction of the joints. People with RA are treated with drugs that …

Understanding the biosynthesis of human IgM SAM-6 through a combinatorial expression of mutant subunits that affect product assembly and secretion

H Hasegawa, S Wang, E Kast, HT Chou, M Kaur… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Polymeric IgMs are secreted from plasma cells abundantly despite their structural complexity
and intricate multimerization steps. To gain insights into IgM's assembly mechanics that …