Deciphering the Regulation of the B Cell intrinsic Glycoslyation Network (13)

• Subject Area: Immunology
• Term: from 2013 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 215346292

Autoantibodies are major drivers of tissue inflammation. Importantly, however, autoantibodies may be present years before the initiation of clinical disease, suggesting that checkpoints must be in place directly regulating autoantibody activity. A B cell intrinsic factor that has the ability to modulate both, the pro- and anti-inflammatory activity of IgG, is antibody glycosylation, which will be the focus of project 13 in the third funding period. We will investigate how the B cell intrinsic antibody glycosylation network is regulated during B cell development and how checkpoint control proteins, infections and therapeutic interventions modulate the B cell glycosylation machinery.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 130: B Cells: Immunity and Autoimmunity
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Anja Lux; Professor Dr. Falk Nimmerjahn