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ReviewmBio2024

Understanding Fc function for rational vaccine design against pathogens.

Kathryn A Bowman, Paulina Kaplonek, Ryan P McNamara

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In one paragraph

Review in mBio, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kathryn A Bowman *Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4222-5286
Paulina Kaplonek *Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Ryan P McNamaraRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8866-3532
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

IMMUNE MECHANISMS OF PROTECTION AGAINST MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS CENTER (IMPAC-TB)75N93019C00071 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI FORTUNE, SARAH · 2019 to 2025
$57.3M
IMMUNE MECHANISMS OF PROTECTION AGAINST MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS CENTER (IMPAC-TB)75N93021C00029 · NIAID · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI COLER, RHEA · 2022 to 2025
$35.2M
Technology CoreU19AI135995 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI Kristian Graugaard Andersen · 2018 to 2026
$32.0M
Technology and Computational CoreP01AI165072 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SAPHIRE, ERICA OLLMANN · 2021 to 2023
$19.6M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00071NIAID NIH HHS 75N93021C00029NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI165072NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI135995
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies represent the primary correlate of immunity following most clinically approved vaccines. However, their mechanisms of action vary from pathogen to pathogen, ranging from neutralization, to opsonophagocytosis, to cytotoxicity. Antibody functions are regulated both by antigen specificity (Fab domain) and by the interaction of their Fc domain with distinct types of Fc receptors (FcRs) present in immune cells. Increasing evidence highlights the critical nature of Fc:FcR interactions in controlling pathogen spread and limiting the disease state. Moreover, variation in Fc-receptor engagement during the course of infection has been demonstrated across a range of pathogens, and this can be further influenced by prior exposure(s)/immunizations, age, pregnancy, and underlying health conditions. Fc:FcR functional variation occurs at the level of antibody isotype and subclass selection as well as post-translational modification of antibodies that shape Fc:FcR-interactions. These factors collectively support a model whereby the immune system actively harnesses and directs Fc:FcR interactions to fight disease. By defining the precise humoral mechanisms that control infections, as well as understanding how these functions can be actively tuned, it may be possible to open new paths for improving existing or novel vaccines.

Indexed as

AntibodiesReceptors, FcImmunityImmunoglobulin IsotypesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAntibodiesImmunoglobulin IsotypesReceptors, FcantibodyFc-effector functionFc receptorvaccinevaccine design

Identifiers

PMID38112418
PMCPMC10790774
OpenAlexW4389949010

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