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ReviewJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2015

FcRn: The Architect Behind the Immune and Nonimmune Functions of IgG and Albumin.

Michal Pyzik, Timo Rath, Wayne I Lencer, Kristi Baker, Richard S Blumberg

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Review in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 169 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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169citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

169 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 283 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Endothelial cells sialylate IgG within the FcRn-mediated recycling pathway.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Michal PyzikDivision of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115;
Timo RathDivision of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Erlangen University Hospital, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nueremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany;
Wayne I LencerDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; Harvard Digestive Diseases Center, Boston, MA 02115; and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Kristi BakerDivision of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115;
Richard S BlumbergDivision of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; Harvard Digestive Diseases Center, Boston, MA 02115; and rblumberg@partners.org.
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USDana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center · USUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DE

Funding

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACTP30DK034854 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WAYNE I LENCER · 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
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
Intestinal Immune Regulation by IgG and FcRnR56DK053056 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BLUMBERG, RICHARD S · 2017 to 2017
$100k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK034854NIDDK NIH HHS DK044319NIDDK NIH HHS DK051362NIDDK NIH HHS DK053056NIDDK NIH HHS DK088199NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034854NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK044319NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK051362NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK053056NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK088199NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK044319NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK048106NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK053056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neonatal FcR (FcRn) belongs to the extensive and functionally divergent family of MHC molecules. Contrary to classical MHC family members, FcRn possesses little diversity and is unable to present Ags. Instead, through its capacity to bind IgG and albumin with high affinity at low pH, it regulates the serum half-lives of both of these proteins. In addition, FcRn plays an important role in immunity at mucosal and systemic sites through its ability to affect the lifespan of IgG, as well as its participation in innate and adaptive immune responses. Although the details of its biology are still emerging, the ability of FcRn to rescue albumin and IgG from early degradation represents an attractive approach to alter the plasma half-life of pharmaceuticals. We review some of the most novel aspects of FcRn biology, immune as well as nonimmune, and provide some examples of FcRn-based therapies.

Indexed as

AlbuminsAnimalsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansImmune SystemImmunoglobulin GReceptors, FcAlbuminsFc receptor, neonatalHistocompatibility Antigens Class IImmunoglobulin GReceptors, Fc

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PMID25934922
PMCPMC4451002
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