Longitudinal Evaluation of Humoral Immunity and Bacterial and Clinical Parameters Reveals That Antigen-Specific Antibodies Suppress Inflammatory Responses in Active Tuberculosis Patients by Mamiko Niki, Takashi Yoshiyama, Yuji Miyamoto, Masao Okumura, Makoto Niki, Ken-ichi Oinuma, Yukihiro Kaneko, Sohkichi Matsumoto, Yuka Sasaki, Hideo Ogata, Hajime Goto, Shoji Kudoh, Yoshihiko Hoshino

“…We found that levels of IgG antibodies against HrpA and HBHA prior to treatment exhibited a positive correlation with bacterial burden. …”
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Case report: Single infusion of combined anti-CD20 and anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies in pediatric refractory lupus nephritis by Decimo Silvio Chiarenza, Raul Mancini, Carolina Bigatti, Carolina Bigatti, Gianluca Caridi, Alessandro Consolaro, Alessandro Consolaro, Valentina Natoli, Valentina Natoli, Gabriele Mortari, Xhuliana Kajana, Francesca Lugani, Marco Gattorno, Marco Gattorno, Gian Marco Ghiggeri, Edoardo La Porta, Gabriele Gaggero, Enrico E. Verrina, Andrea Angeletti

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Distinct Neutralising and Complement-Fixing Antibody Responses Can Be Induced to the Same Antigen in Haemodialysis Patients After Immunisation with Different Vaccine Platforms by Nadezhda Wall, Rachel Lamerton, Fiona Ashford, Marisol Perez-Toledo, Aleksandra Jasiulewicz, Gemma D. Banham, Maddy L. Newby, Sian E. Faustini, Alex G. Richter, Haresh Selvaskandan, Roseanne E. Billany, Sherna F. Adenwalla, Ian R. Henderson, Max Crispin, Matthew Graham-Brown, Lorraine Harper, Adam F. Cunningham

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Development and Validation of a Novel ELISA for the Specific Detection of Antibodies against Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis Based on a Chimeric Polyprotein by Roberto Damián Moyano, Magali Andrea Romero, María Alejandra Colombatti Olivieri, María Fiorella Alvarado Pinedo, Gabriel Eduardo Traveria, María Isabel Romano, María Natalia Alonso

“…These results demonstrate a very low cross-reactivity of the polyprotein with antibodies present in serum samples from animals infected with M. bovis. …”
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Recognition of ZnT8, Proinsulin, and Homologous MAP Peptides in Sardinian Children at Risk of T1D Precedes Detection of Classical Islet Antibodies by Magdalena Niegowska, Daniela Paccagnini, Carla Mannu, Clara Targhetta, Marco Songini, Leonardo A. Sechi

“…Recent studies suggest that detection of antibodies against ZnT8 protein in preclinical phase can predict the development of T1D. …”
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Impact of Likelihood Ratios of Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody in Clinical Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Two Available Platforms by Juan Irure-Ventura, María Díaz-Toledo, Noelia Palazuelos-Cayón, Marcos López-Hoyos

Subjects: “…anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies…”
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Antiphospholipid antibodies positivity as a potential risk factor for restenosis following arteriovenous fistula stenting in hemodialysis patients: a pilot study by Maxime Taghavi, Maxime Taghavi, Adrien Lengelé, Marc Laureys, Lucas Jacobs, Saleh Kaysi, Saleh Kaysi, Frédéric Collart, Anne Demulder, Joëlle Nortier, Joëlle Nortier

Subjects: “…antiphospholipid antibodies…”
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Diagnostic performances of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni recombinant proteins, peptides and chimeric proteins antibody based tests. Systematic scoping review. by Arthur Vengesai, Victor Muleya, Herald Midzi, Tryphine Vimbai Tinago, Isaac Chipako, Marble Manuwa, Thajasvarie Naicker, Takafira Mduluza

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Evaluation of humoral immune response and milk antibody transfer in calves and lactating cows vaccinated with inactivated H5 avian influenza vaccine by Mohamed Samy Abousenna, Nermeen G. Shafik, Mahmoud M. Abotaleb

“…Milk antibody transfer was observed, with strong positive responses in milk samples by the second week post-vaccination. …”
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Clinical characteristics of anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody among aquaporin-4 negative neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in Egyptian patients by Sara I. Taha, Salwa I. Bakr, Nermeen T. Fouad, Dina Zamzam, Yasmine A. Mohamed

“…Abstract Some patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)-like symptoms test negative for anti-aquaporin-4 (anti-AQP4) antibodies. Among them, a subset has antibodies targeting myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a condition now termed MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD). …”
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Retraction: Recombinant Pvs48/45 Antigen Expressed in E. coli Generates Antibodies that Block Malaria Transmission in Anopheles albimanus Mosquitoes. by PLOS ONE Editors

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Disease resistance traits of IPB-D2 chickens: Characterization of IgY concentrations, Newcastle disease antibody titers, and leukocyte profiles by Dwi Lestari, Sri Murtini, Niken Ulupi, Asep Gunawan, Isyana Khaerunnisa, Anneke Anggraeni, Cece Sumantri

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Patient-specific therapeutic benefit of MuSK agonist antibody ARGX-119 in MuSK myasthenia gravis passive transfer models by Jamie L. Lim, Stine Marie Jensen, Jaap J. Plomp, Bernhardt Vankerckhoven, Christa Kneip, Rani Coppejans, Christophe Steyaert, Kathleen Moens, Lieselot De Clercq, Martijn R. Tannemaat, Peter Ulrichts, Karen Silence, Silvère M. van der Maarel, Dana L.E. Vergoossen, Roeland Vanhauwaert, Jan J. Verschuuren, Maartje G. Huijbers

“…MuSK autoantibodies are predominantly IgG4 which are bispecific, functionally monovalent antibodies that are antagonists of MuSK signaling. We hypothesized that bivalent MuSK agonist antibodies can rescue MuSK MG. …”
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Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antibodies in English adult blood donors: A nationwide cross-sectional study, 2021–2022 by Eilish Hart, John Tulloch, Daniel Bailey, Tim Brooks, Heli Harvala, Peter Simmonds, Roberto Vivancos, Neil French, Amanda Semper

“…Aim: To estimate the prevalence of IgG antibodies in the English adult population specific for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl), the causative agent of Lyme disease. …”
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Aortic Stiffness Is Related to the Ischemic Brain Injury Biomarker N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antibody Levels in Aortic Valve Replacement by Emaddin Kidher, Vanash M. Patel, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Jon R. Anderson, Andrew Chukwuemeka, Darrel P. Francis, Hutan Ashrafian, Thanos Athanasiou

“…The relationship between aortic stiffness measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV) and serum ischemic brain injury biomarker N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibody (NR2Ab) levels in aortic valve replacement has not been assessed. …”
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Beta-variant recombinant SARS CoV-2 vaccine induces durable cross-reactive antibodies against Omicron BA variants by Odile Launay, Rachna Gupta, Tifany Machabert, Eleine Konate, Alexandra Rousseau, Claire Vigne, Francois Beckers, Louis Devlin, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers, Marine Cachanado, Christian Chidiac, Dominique Deplanque, Bertrand Dussol, Inès Ben Ghezala, Marie Lachatre, Karine Lacombe, Fabrice Laine, Liem Binh Luong Nguyen, Patricia Pavese, Catherine Schmidt-Mutter, Marie-Pierre Tavolacci, Roman M. Chicz, Bogdana Coudsy, Saranya Sridhar, Amel Touati, Eric Tartour, Tabassome Simon

“…The persistence of cross-neutralizing antibodies, including against Omicron BA.1 and BA.4/5, up to 3 months after boosting was evaluated using a validated pseudovirus neutralization assay. …”
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Development of a TCR-like antibody and chimeric antigen receptor against NY-ESO-1/HLA-A2 for cancer immunotherapy by Xin Liu, Yang Du, Ningyan Zhang, Zhiqiang An, Wei Xiong, Yixiang Xu, Bingnan Yin, Yuqian Huang, Junjun Chu, Changsheng Xing, Chen Qian, Tianhao Duan, Helen Y Wang, John S. Yu, Rongfu Wang

“…To mimic the feature of T-cell receptor (TCR) that recognizes the complex of major histocompatibility class I and peptide on the cell surface derived from the processed intracellular antigen, we used NY-ESO-1, a cancer-testis antigen, to develop a TCR-like fully human IgG1 antibody and its derivative, CAR-T cells, for cancer immunotherapy.Methods Human single-chain variable antibody fragment (scFv) phage library (~10∧11) was screened against HLA-A2/NY-ESO-1 (peptide 157–165) complex to obtain target-specific antibodies. …”
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The PerioGene North study reveals that periodontal inflammation and advanced jawbone loss in periodontitis associate with serum gingipain antibodies but not with systemic autoimmunity by Elin Kindstedt, Elin Kindstedt, Charlotte de Vries, Magnus Wänman, Barbara Aleksandra Potempa, Jan Potempa, Jan Potempa, Susanne Lindquist, Anders Esberg, Karin Lundberg, Pernilla Lundberg

Subjects: “…anti-citrullinated protein antibodies…”
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A TRAILR2/CDH3 bispecific antibody demonstrates selective apoptosis and tumor regression in CDH3-positive pancreatic cancer by Peter Jung, Stefan P. Glaser, Jing Han, Alexandra Popa, Laura Pisarsky, Ningping Feng, Antonia Geyer, Franziska Haderk, Donat Alpar, Christopher Bristow, Susanne Schmittner, Paula-Elena Traexler, Mikhila Mahendra, Birgit Poehn, Poojabahen Gandhi, Roberto Fiorelli, Sanket Awate, Nicole Budano, Florian Martin, Christoph Albrecht, Barbara Drobits-Handl, Sathanandam S. Anand, Srinath Kasturirangan, Francesca Trapani, Norbert Schweifer, Joseph R. Marszalek, Ulrike Tontsch-Grunt, Mark Pearson, Timothy P. Heffernan, Norbert Kraut, Christopher P. Vellano, Juan Manuel García-Martínez

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Anti-nucleocapsid SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in previously infected persons with immunocompromising conditions-United States, 2020-2022. by Anna Bratcher, Jefferson M Jones, William A Meyer, Rehan Waheed, Huda Yazgi, Aaron Harris, Adi V Gundlapalli, Kristie E N Clarke

“…A commercial laboratory provided patient data gathered during July 2020-February 2022 on COVID-19 viral test results and antibody assay results, which included infection-induced (anti-N) antibody presence. …”
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