Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24156398›Full record

ReviewCritical reviews in biotechnology2015

Fc-fusion proteins and FcRn: structural insights for longer-lasting and more effective therapeutics.

Timo Rath, Kristi Baker, Jennifer A Dumont, Robert T Peters, Haiyan Jiang, Shuo-Wang Qiao, Wayne I Lencer, Glenn F Pierce, Richard S Blumberg

Open access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Critical reviews in biotechnology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
138citing papers in PubMed
19.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

138 citing papers in PubMed, 261 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Trial
  3. Trial
  4. Trial
  5. Trial
  6. Trial
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. The evolving landscape of obesity pharmacotherapy.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Recombinant Protein Drugs: A 2025 Update.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
    Review
  13. Review
  14. Whole-genome combinatorial gene fusions generate novel genes for advanced microbial trait development.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

78 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Timo RathDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA .
Kristi Baker
Jennifer A Dumont
Robert T Peters
Haiyan Jiang
Shuo-Wang Qiao
Wayne I Lencer
Glenn F Pierce
Richard S Blumberg
Biogen (United States) · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USBoston Children's Hospital · USOslo University Hospital · NO

Funding

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACTP30DK034854 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI JONATHAN C KAGAN · 1986 to 2026
$32.4M
Regulation of Mucosal LymphocytesR01DK051362 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Richard S Blumberg, Yu-Hwa Huang Blumberg · 1997 to 2026
$13.5M
INTESTINAL TRANSCYTOSIS OF IGG IN ADULT LIFER01DK053056 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BLUMBERG, RICHARD S · 1997 to 2021
$10.6M
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF MUCOSAL LYMPHOCYTESR01DK044319 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Richard S Blumberg · 1992 to 2026
$10.4M
Mechanism of action for the epithelial-specific ER stress sensor IRE1β in regulating intestinal homeostasis and host defenseR01DK048106 · NIDDK · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI WAYNE I LENCER · 1993 to 2026
$9.6M
Endoplasmic reticulum stress and intestinal inflammationR01DK088199 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Richard S Blumberg · 2010 to 2026
$9.6M
Characterization of Mucosal LymphocytesR37DK044319 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BLUMBERG, RICHARD S · 2005 to 2014
$7.2M
Intestinal Disease-enterocyte toxin interactionR37DK048106 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LENCER, WAYNE I · 2011 to 2020
$7.0M
FcRn-dependent sorting of IgG and IgG-opsinized antigens by epithelial cellsR01DK084424 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LENCER, WAYNE I · 2009 to 2013
$1.9M
Unsaturated glycoceramide as novel platform for mucosal vaccine and drug deliveryR21DK090603 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LENCER, WAYNE I · 2010 to 2011
$473k
Intestinal Immune Regulation by IgG and FcRnR56DK053056 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BLUMBERG, RICHARD S · 2017 to 2017
$100k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK084424NIDDK NIH HHS DK090603NIDDK NIH HHS DK44319NIDDK NIH HHS DK48106NIDDK NIH HHS DK51362NIDDK NIH HHS DK53056NIDDK NIH HHS DK88199NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034854NIDDK NIH HHS P30DK034854NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK044319NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK048106NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK051362NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK053056NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK084424NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK088199NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK090603NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK044319NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK048106NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK053056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nearly 350 IgG-based therapeutics are approved for clinical use or are under development for many diseases lacking adequate treatment options. These include molecularly engineered biologicals comprising the IgG Fc-domain fused to various effector molecules (so-called Fc-fusion proteins) that confer the advantages of IgG, including binding to the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) to facilitate in vivo stability, and the therapeutic benefit of the specific effector functions. Advances in IgG structure-function relationships and an understanding of FcRn biology have provided therapeutic opportunities for previously unapproachable diseases. This article discusses approved Fc-fusion therapeutics, novel Fc-fusion proteins and FcRn-dependent delivery approaches in development, and how engineering of the FcRn-Fc interaction can generate longer-lasting and more effective therapeutics.

Indexed as

Histocompatibility Antigens Class IImmunoglobulin GImmunotherapyReceptors, FcRecombinant Fusion ProteinsAnimalsHumansMiceModels, MolecularFc receptor, neonatalHistocompatibility Antigens Class IImmunoglobulin GReceptors, FcRecombinant Fusion ProteinsFc-fusion proteinsIgGmucosal drug deliveryneonatal Fc receptortherapeutic antibody

Identifiers

PMID24156398
PMCPMC4876602
OpenAlexW2094058129

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.