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ArticleNature methods2026

ImmunoMatch learns and predicts cognate pairing of heavy and light immunoglobulin chains.

Dongjun Guo, Deborah K Dunn-Walters, Franca Fraternali, Joseph C F Ng

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Article in Nature methods, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. B-Cell Aware Analysis of Single-Cell Transcriptomics Data.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2027
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  2. A Synthetic Platform for Antibody Junctional Diversification Beyond Natural Constraints.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  6. Data-optimal scaling of paired antibody language models.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 authors.

Dongjun GuoResearch Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-1037-9269
Deborah K Dunn-WaltersSchool of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Franca FraternaliResearch Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, UK. f.fraternali@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3143-6574
Joseph C F NgResearch Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, UK. joseph.ng@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3617-5211

Funding

China Scholarship Council (CSC) 202008440414RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/B000745/1RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/T002212/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of stable antibodies formed by compatible heavy (H) and light (L) chain pairs is crucial in both in vivo maturation of antibody-producing cells and ex vivo designs of therapeutic antibodies. We present ImmunoMatch, a machine-learning framework trained on paired H and L sequences from human B cells to identify molecular features underlying chain compatibility. ImmunoMatch distinguishes cognate from random H-L pairs and captures differences associated with κ and λ light chains, reflecting B cell selection mechanisms in the bone marrow. We apply ImmunoMatch to reconstruct paired antibodies from spatial VDJ sequencing data and study the refinement of H-L pairing across B cell maturation stages in health and disease. We find further that ImmunoMatch is sensitive to sequence differences at the H-L interface. These insights provide a computational lens into the broader biological principles governing antibody assembly and stability.

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Immunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Light ChainsMachine LearningB-LymphocytesHumansImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Light Chains

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PMID41254366
PMCPMC12791012

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