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 …

Follicular lymphoma: evolving therapeutic strategies

BS Kahl, DT Yang - Blood, The Journal of the American Society …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the
Western hemisphere. After decades of stagnation, the natural history of FL appears to have …

Oral mucosal breaks trigger anti-citrullinated bacterial and human protein antibody responses in rheumatoid arthritis

RC Brewer, TV Lanz, CR Hale… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Periodontal disease is more common in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have
detectable anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs), implicating oral mucosal …

Surface Ig variable domain glycosylation affects autoantigen binding and acts as threshold for human autoreactive B cell activation

T Kissel, C Ge, L Hafkenscheid, JC Kwekkeboom… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The hallmark autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis are characterized by variable domain
glycans (VDGs). Their abundant occurrence results from the selective introduction of N …

Insights into the microbiome of breast implants and periprosthetic tissue in breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma

JN Walker, BM Hanson, CL Pinkner, SR Simar… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Though rare, breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a
CD30+ T-cell lymphoma associated with textured breast implants, has adversely impacted …

Adaptive antibody diversification through N-linked glycosylation of the immunoglobulin variable region

FS Van De Bovenkamp, NIL Derksen… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
A hallmark of B-cell immunity is the generation of a diverse repertoire of antibodies from a
limited set of germline V (D) J genes. This repertoire is usually defined in terms of amino …

DC-SIGN–expressing macrophages trigger activation of mannosylated IgM B-cell receptor in follicular lymphoma

R Amin, F Mourcin, F Uhel, C Pangault… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Follicular lymphoma (FL) results from the accumulation of malignant germinal center (GC) B
cells leading to the development of an indolent and largely incurable disease. FL cells …

The role of antibody glycosylation in autoimmune and alloimmune kidney diseases

A Beyze, C Larroque, M Le Quintrec - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2024 - nature.com
Immunoglobulin glycosylation is a pivotal mechanism that drives the diversification of
antibody functions. The composition of the IgG glycome is influenced by environmental …

Lectin binding to surface Ig variable regions provides a universal persistent activating signal for follicular lymphoma cells

A Linley, S Krysov, M Ponzoni… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
The vast majority of cases of follicular lymphoma (FL), but not normal B cells, acquire N-
glycosylation sites in the immunoglobulin variable regions during somatic hypermutation …

Protein glycosylation investigated by mass spectrometry: an overview

A Illiano, G Pinto, C Melchiorre, A Carpentieri, V Faraco… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The protein glycosylation is a post-translational modification of crucial importance for its
involvement in molecular recognition, protein trafficking, regulation, and inflammation …