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ReviewClinical and experimental immunology2009

Functional and clinical consequences of Fc receptor polymorphic and copy number variants.

S Bournazos, J M Woof, S P Hart, I Dransfield

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Review in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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86citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

S BournazosMedical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
J M Woof
S P Hart
I Dransfield
Centre for Inflammation Research · GBMedical Research Council · GBUniversity of Dundee · GBUniversity of Hull · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/05/119/19568Medical Research Council G108/460
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Receptors for immunoglobulins (Fc receptors) play a central role during an immune response, as they mediate the specific recognition of antigens of almost infinite diversity by leucocytes, thereby linking the humoral and cellular components of immunity. Indeed, engagement of Fc receptors by immunoglobulins initiates a range of immunoregulatory processes that might also play a role in disease pathogenesis. In the circulation, five main types of immunoglobulins (Ig) exist - namely IgG, IgA, IgE, IgM and IgD and receptors with the ability to recognize and bind to IgG (Fc gamma receptor family), IgE (Fc epsilon RI and CD23), IgA (CD89; Fc alpha/microR) and IgM (Fc alpha/microR) have been identified and characterized. However, it is astonishing that nearly all the known human Fc receptors display extensive genetic variation with clear implications for their function, thus representing a substantial genetic risk factor for the pathogenesis of a range of chronic inflammatory disorders.

Indexed as

Polymorphism, GeneticAntigens, CDGenetic VariationHumansImmune System DiseasesImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsImmunoglobulinsReceptors, FcReceptors, IgEAntigens, CDFc(alpha) receptorImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsImmunoglobulinsReceptors, FcReceptors, IgE

Identifiers

PMID19604264
PMCPMC2730850
OpenAlexW2140106980

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