2021
Elevated N-Linked Glycosylation of IgG V Regions in Myasthenia Gravis Disease Subtypes.
Mandel-Brehm C, Fichtner ML, Jiang R, Winton VJ, Vazquez SE, Pham MC, Hoehn KB, Kelleher NL, Nowak RJ, Kleinstein SH, Wilson MR, DeRisi JL, O'Connor KC. Elevated N-Linked Glycosylation of IgG V Regions in Myasthenia Gravis Disease Subtypes. The Journal Of Immunology 2021, 207: 2005-2014. PMID: 34544801, PMCID: PMC8492536, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyasthenia gravisB-cell-mediated autoimmune diseasesBCR repertoireCell-mediated autoimmune diseaseTotal BCR repertoireTotal circulating IgGSubset of patientsB cell repertoireElevated NGene segment usageMG subtypesAutoimmune disordersAutoimmune diseasesHealthy donorsCell repertoireDisease subtypesDistinct subtypesReceptor repertoireAdaptive immune receptor repertoiresV regionsAutoantigen bindingPatientsSegment usageSubtypesImmune receptor repertoires
2011
Somatic hypermutation targeting is influenced by location within the immunoglobulin V region
Cohen RM, Kleinstein SH, Louzoun Y. Somatic hypermutation targeting is influenced by location within the immunoglobulin V region. Molecular Immunology 2011, 48: 1477-1483. PMID: 21592579, PMCID: PMC3109224, DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2011.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObserved mutation patternSpecific DNA motifsBiased codon usageImmunoglobulin V genesMutation accumulationGene positionCodon usageMutation patternsDNA motifsPositive selectionPosition-specific effectsImmunoglobulin V regionsNegative selectionB cellsMutationsMutation frequencyV geneGenesPeripheral B cellsSubstitution typeV regionsTargetingSpecific targetingCellsSequence