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Gestur Vidarsson is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of their work include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Hematology, and Infectious Diseases.

Vidarsson's research topics cover a range of areas emphasizing immunological responses and molecular components, including:

  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Blood groups and transfusion
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Complement system in diseases
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Their work has been published frequently in several key venues, which include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Blood
  • Nature Communications

Among the recent papers associated with Vidarsson's research are:

  • "Potent neutralizing antibodies from COVID-19 patients define multiple targets of vulnerability" (2020) published in Science
  • "Afucosylated IgG characterizes enveloped viral responses and correlates with COVID-19 severity" (2020) published in Science
  • "MS-Based Allotype-Specific Analysis of Polyclonal IgG-Fc N-Glycosylation" (2020) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "High titers and low fucosylation of early human anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG promote inflammation by alveolar macrophages" (2021) published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "FcγR Binding and ADCC Activity of Human IgG Allotypes" (2020) published in Frontiers in Immunology

Vidarsson has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, showing research partnerships in the following individuals:

  • Manfred Wuhrer
  • Arthur E. H. Bentlage
  • C. Ellen van der Schoot
  • Theo Rispens
  • Jan Nouta

Best Publications

  • IgG subclasses and allotypes: from structure to effector functions.

    Gestur Vidarsson;Gillian Dekkers;Theo Rispens

  • Potent neutralizing antibodies from COVID-19 patients define multiple targets of vulnerability.

    Philip J. M. Brouwer;Tom G. Caniels;Karlijn van der Straten;Jonne L. Snitselaar

  • MS-Based Allotype-Specific Analysis of Polyclonal IgG-Fc N-Glycosylation

    Thomas Sénard;Andrea F. G. Gargano;Andrea F. G. Gargano;David Falck;Steven W. de Taeye

  • IgA and the IgA Fc receptor.

    Marjolein van Egmond;Cora A Damen;Annemiek B van Spriel;Gestur Vidarsson

  • Afucosylated IgG characterizes enveloped viral responses and correlates with COVID-19 severity.

    Mads Delbo Larsen;Erik L. de Graaf;Myrthe E. Sonneveld;H. Rosina Plomp

  • Decoding the Human Immunoglobulin G-Glycan Repertoire Reveals a Spectrum of Fc-Receptor- and Complement-Mediated-Effector Activities.

    Gillian Dekkers;Louise Treffers;Rosina Plomp;Arthur E H Bentlage

  • Competition for FcRn-mediated transport gives rise to short half-life of human IgG3 and offers therapeutic potential

    Nigel M. Stapleton;Jan Terje Andersen;Jan Terje Andersen;Annette M. Stemerding;Stefania P. Bjarnarson

  • Macrophages eliminate circulating tumor cells after monoclonal antibody therapy.

    Nuray Gül;Liane Babes;Kerstin Siegmund;Rianne Korthouwer

  • Affinity of human IgG subclasses to mouse Fc gamma receptors

    Gillian Dekkers;Arthur E. H. Bentlage;Tamara C. Stegmann;Heather L. Howie

  • Emerging Concepts in Immune Thrombocytopenia.

    Maurice Swinkels;Maaike Rijkers;Jan Voorberg;Gestur Vidarsson

  • A prominent lack of IgG1-Fc fucosylation of platelet alloantibodies in pregnancy

    Rick Kapur;Iwan Kustiawan;Anne Vestrheim;Anne Vestrheim;Carolien A. M. Koeleman

  • FcRn: an IgG receptor on phagocytes with a novel role in phagocytosis

    Gestur Vidarsson;Annette M. Stemerding;Nigel M. Stapleton;Suzanne E. Spliethoff

  • High titers and low fucosylation of early human anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG promote inflammation by alveolar macrophages.

    Willianne Hoepel;Hung Jen Chen;Chiara E. Geyer;Sona Allahverdiyeva

  • FcγR Binding and ADCC Activity of Human IgG Allotypes.

    Steven W. de Taeye;Arthur E. H. Bentlage;Mirjam M. Mebius;Joyce I. Meesters

  • Antibody development after COVID-19 vaccination in patients with autoimmune diseases in the Netherlands: a substudy of data from two prospective cohort studies.

    Laura Boekel;Maurice Steenhuis;Femke Hooijberg;Yaëlle R Besten

  • Activity of Human IgG and IgA Subclasses in Immune Defense Against Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B

    G. Vidarsson;W.-L. van Der Pol;J. M. H. van Den Elsen;H. Vilé

  • Divergent SARS-CoV-2-specific T- and B-cell responses in severe but not mild COVID-19 patients.

    Anna E Oja;Anno Saris;Cherien A Ghandour;Natasja A M Kragten

  • Low anti-RhD IgG-Fc-fucosylation in pregnancy: a new variable predicting severity in haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn.

    Rick Kapur;Luciana Della Valle;Myrthe Sonneveld;Agnes Hipgrave Ederveen

  • The Ligands for Human IgG and Their Effector Functions

    Steven W de Taeye;Theo Rispens;Gestur Vidarsson

  • Regulated glycosylation patterns of IgG during alloimmune responses against human platelet antigens.

    Manfred Wuhrer;Leendert Porcelijn;Rick Kapur;Carolien A. M. Koeleman

  • Multi-level glyco-engineering techniques to generate IgG with defined Fc-glycans

    Gillian Dekkers;Rosina Plomp;Carolien A. M. Koeleman;Remco Visser

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Wuhrer
Manfred Wuhrer Leiden University Medical Center
Theo Rispens
Theo Rispens University of Amsterdam
Jan G. J. van de Winkel
Jan G. J. van de Winkel Genmab (United States)
Marjolein van Egmond
Marjolein van Egmond VU University Medical Center
Jeanette H. W. Leusen
Jeanette H. W. Leusen Utrecht University
Taco W. Kuijpers
Taco W. Kuijpers University of Amsterdam
Ingileif Jonsdottir
Ingileif Jonsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Rogier W. Sanders
Rogier W. Sanders University of Amsterdam
Timo K. van den Berg
Timo K. van den Berg Radboud University

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