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Immunoglobulin Research

Key publications

  • Larsen MD, Lopez-Perez M, Dickson EK, Ampomah P, Ndam NT, Nouta J, Koeleman CAM, Hipgrave Ederveen AL, Mordmüller B, Salanti A, Nielsen MA, Massougbodji A, van der Schoot CE, Ofori MF, Wuhrer M, Hviid L & Vidarsson G: Afucosylated Plasmodium falciparum-specific IgG is induced by infection but not by subunit vaccination. Nature Communications 2021; 12:5838.
  • Van Osch TLJ, Nouta J, Derksen NIL, van Mierlo G, van der Schoot CE, Wuhrer M, Rispens T, Vidarsson G. Fc Galactosylation Promotes Hexamerization of Human IgG1, Leading to Enhanced Classical Complement Activation. J Immunol. 2021;207(6):1545-1554.
  • Larsen MD, de Graaf EL, Sonneveld ME, Plomp HR, Nouta J, Hoepel W, Chen HJ, Linty F, Visser R, Brinkhaus M, Šuštić T, de Taeye SW, Bentlage AEH, Toivonen S, Koeleman CAM, Sainio S, Kootstra NA, Brouwer PJM, Geyer CE, Derksen NIL, Wolbink G, de Winther M, Sanders RW, van Gils MJ, de Bruin S, Vlaar APJ; Amsterdam UMC COVID-19 biobank study group, Rispens T, den Dunnen J, Zaaijer HL, Wuhrer M, Ellen van der Schoot C, Vidarsson G. Afucosylated IgG characterizes enveloped viral responses and correlates with COVID-19 severity. Science. 2021;371(6532):eabc8378.
  • Brinkhaus M, Pannecoucke E, van der Kooi EJ, Bentlage AEH, Derksen NIL, Andries J, Balbino B, Sips M, Ulrichts P, Verheesen P, de Haard H, Rispens T, Savvides SN, Vidarsson G. The Fab region of IgG impairs the internalization pathway of FcRn upon Fc engagement.Nature Communications 2022;13(1):6073. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33764-1.
  • Van Coillie J, Pongracz T, Rahmöller J, Chen HJ, Geyer CE, van Vught LA, Buhre JS, Šuštić T, van Osch TLJ, Steenhuis M, Hoepel W, Wang W, Lixenfeld AS, Nouta J, Keijzer S, Linty F, Visser R, Larsen MD, Martin EL, Künsting I, Lehrian S, von Kopylow V, Kern C, Lunding HB, de Winther M, van Mourik N, Rispens T, Graf T, Slim MA, Minnaar RP, Bomers MK, Sikkens JJ, Vlaar APJ, van der Schoot CE, den Dunnen J, Wuhrer M, Ehlers M, Vidarsson G; Fatebenefratelli-Sacco Infectious Diseases Physicians group; UMC COVID-19 S3/HCW study group. The BNT162b2 mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine induces transient afucosylated IgG1 in naive but not in antigen-experienced vaccinees. EBioMedicine. 2022 16;87:104408. d
  • De Taeye SW, Bentlage AEH, Mebius MM, Meesters JI, Lissenberg-Thunnissen S, Falck D, Sénard T, Salehi N, Wuhrer M, Schuurman J, Labrijn AF, Rispens T, Vidarsson G. FcγR Binding and ADCC Activity of Human IgG Allotypes. Front Immunol. 2020 May 6;11:740.
  • Šuštić T, Van Coillie J, Larsen MD, Derksen NIL, Szittner Z, Nouta J, Wang W, Damelang T, Rebergen I, Linty F, Visser R, Mok JY, Geerdes DM, van Esch WJE, de Taeye SW, van Gils MJ, van de Watering L, van der Schoot CE, Wuhrer M, Rispens T, Vidarsson G. Immunoassay for quantification of antigen-specific IgG fucosylation. EBioMedicine. 2022;81:104109.