mBio (Apr 2021)

Impact of Immunoglobulin Isotype and Epitope on the Functional Properties of <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> O-Specific Polysaccharide-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies

  • Robert C. Kauffman,
  • Oluwaseyi Adekunle,
  • Hanyi Yu,
  • Alice Cho,
  • Lindsay E. Nyhoff,
  • Meagan Kelly,
  • Jason B. Harris,
  • Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan,
  • Firdausi Qadri,
  • Stephen B. Calderwood,
  • Richelle C. Charles,
  • Edward T. Ryan,
  • Jun Kong,
  • Jens Wrammert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03679-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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Immunity to the severe diarrheal disease cholera is largely mediated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-specific antibodies. However, the properties and protective mechanism of functionally relevant antibodies have not been well defined.