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ReviewMedComm2024

Immunoglobulin class-switch recombination: Mechanism, regulation, and related diseases.

Jia-Chen Liu, Ke Zhang, Xu Zhang, Fei Guan, Hu Zeng, Masato Kubo, Pamela Lee, Fabio Candotti, Louisa Katherine James, Niels Olsen Saraiva Camara and 7 more

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Review in MedComm, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Jia-Chen LiuInstitute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.
Ke ZhangDepartment of Pathogen Biology School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College and State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei China.
Xu ZhangDepartment of Respiratory The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University Jingzhou China.
Fei GuanDepartment of Pathogen Biology School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College and State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei China.
Hu ZengDepartment of Immunology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Rochester USA.
Masato KuboLaboratory for Cytokine Regulation, Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS), RIKEN Yokohama Institute Yokohama Japan.
Pamela LeeDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine LKS Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China.
Fabio CandottiDivision of Immunology and Allergy Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland.
Louisa Katherine JamesCentre for Immunobiology Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London London UK.
Niels Olsen Saraiva CamaraDepartment of Immunology Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil.
Kamel BenlaghaInstitut de Recherche Saint-Louis Université de Paris Paris France.
Jia-Hui LeiDepartment of Pathogen Biology School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College and State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei China.
Huamei ForsmanDepartment of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden.
Lu YangDepartment of Pathogen Biology School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College and State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei China.
Wei XiaoDepartment of Respiratory The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University Jingzhou China.
Zheng LiuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.
Chao-Hong LiuDepartment of Pathogen Biology School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College and State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7028-4625

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maturation of the secondary antibody repertoire requires class-switch recombination (CSR), which switches IgM to other immunoglobulins (Igs), and somatic hypermutation, which promotes the production of high-affinity antibodies. Following immune response or infection within the body, activation of T cell-dependent and T cell-independent antigens triggers the activation of activation-induced cytidine deaminase, initiating the CSR process. CSR has the capacity to modify the functional properties of antibodies, thereby contributing to the adaptive immune response in the organism. Ig CSR defects, characterized by an abnormal relative frequency of Ig isotypes, represent a rare form of primary immunodeficiency. Elucidating the molecular basis of Ig diversification is essential for a better understanding of diseases related to Ig CSR defects and could provide clues for clinical diagnosis and therapeutic approaches. Here, we review the most recent insights on the diversification of five Ig isotypes and choose several classic diseases, including hyper-IgM syndrome, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, hyper-IgD syndrome, selective IgA deficiency, hyper-IgE syndrome, multiple myeloma, and Burkitt lymphoma, to illustrate the mechanism of Ig CSR deficiency. The investigation into the underlying mechanism of Ig CSR holds significant potential for the advancement of increasingly precise diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

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antibody diversificationB cell developmentgenetic defectsimmunodeficiencyisotype switching

Identifiers

PMID39144468
PMCPMC11322596

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