Immunoglobulin Light Chains

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A bidirectional phage display vector for the selection and mass transfer of polyclonal antibody libraries. 
  • A method for linking VL and VH region genes that allows bulk transfer between vectors for use in generating polyclonal IgG libraries. 
  • Antibodies VRC01 and 10E8 neutralize HIV-1 with high breadth and potency even with Ig-framework regions substantially reverted to germline. 
  • Antibody light-chain-restricted recognition of the site of immune pressure in the RV144 HIV-1 vaccine trial is phylogenetically conserved. 
  • Autoantibodies to the alpha/beta T-cell receptors in human immunodeficiency virus infection: dysregulation and mimicry. 
  • Can We Cure Light Chain Deposition Disease of the Kidneys?-A Review and Case Report of a Patient Treated With a Triple Transplant Approach. 
  • Chronic myopathy due to immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis. 
  • Cloning and sequencing of V genes from anti-osteosarcoma monoclonal antibodies TP-1 and TP-3: location of lysine residues and implications for radiolabeling. 
  • Cloning of mitogen- and antigen-reactive B lymphocytes on filter paper discs. I. A description of the technique and of methods for the analysis of colonies. 
  • Connect MM Registry: The Importance of Establishing Baseline Disease Characteristics. 
  • Construction of polyclonal antibody libraries using phage display. 
  • Contribution of the VH11 gene family to mitogen-responsive B cell repertoire in C57BL/6 mice. 
  • Critical analysis and diagnostic usefulness of limited immunophenotyping of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas by flow cytometry. 
  • Dendritic cells engineered to secrete anti-GITR antibodies are effective adjuvants to dendritic cell-based immunotherapy. 
  • Diagnostic and clinical considerations in concomitant bone marrow involvement by plasma cell myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia/monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis: a series of 15 cases and review of literature. 
  • Disparity in the kinetics of onset of hypermutation in immunoglobulin heavy and light chains. 
  • Enhancement of anti-tumor immunity through local modulation of CTLA-4 and GITR by dendritic cells. 
  • Focused evolution of HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies revealed by structures and deep sequencing. 
  • Functional and molecular characterization of human monoclonal antibody reactive with the immunodominant region of HIV type 1 glycoprotein 41. 
  • Generation of a polyclonal Fab phage display library to the protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum. 
  • Genotypic divergence precedes clinical dissemination in a case of synchronous bilateral B-cell malignant lymphoma of the testes. 
  • Immunochemical properties of anti-DNA antibodies in the sera of patients with Escherichia coli bacteremia. 
  • Immunotoxins with increased activity against epidermal growth factor receptor vIII-expressing cells produced by antibody phage display. 
  • In situ studies of the germinal center reaction. 
  • In vitro and in vivo expression of a nephritogenic Ig heavy chain determinant: pathogenic autoreactivity requires permissive light chains. 
  • Lambda light chain deposition disease in a renal allograft. 
  • Mantle zone lymphoma in a gastric glomus tumor. 
  • Metachronous/concomitant B-cell neoplasms with discordant light-chain or heavy-chain isotype restrictions: evidence of distinct B-cell neoplasms rather than clonal evolutions. 
  • Mining the antibodyome for HIV-1-neutralizing antibodies with next-generation sequencing and phylogenetic pairing of heavy/light chains. 
  • Myeloma light chains are ligands for cubilin (gp280). 
  • Patterns of heavy and light chain utilization in the antibody response to single-stranded bacterial DNA in normal human subjects and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Pinch Purpura: A Cutaneous Manifestation of Systemic Amyloidosis. 
  • Progressive immunoglobulin gene mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: evidence for antigen-driven intraclonal diversification. 
  • Rearrangement and expression of the human psi C lambda 6 gene segment results in a surface Ig receptor with a truncated light chain constant region. 
  • Structural properties of a subset of nephritogenic anti-DNA antibodies. 
  • Systemic kappa light-chain deposition. An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study. 
  • Topology of an amiloride-binding protein. 
  • λ Light Chain Bias Associated With Enhanced Binding and Function of Anti-HIV Env Glycoprotein Antibodies. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Kelsoe, Garnett H., James B. Duke Professor of Immunology, Immunology