Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26497515›Full record

ReviewImmunological reviews2015

Fcγ receptor pathways during active and passive immunization.

Stylianos Bournazos, Jeffrey V Ravetch

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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98citing papers in PubMed
11.4field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 137 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stylianos BournazosThe Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Jeffrey V RavetchThe Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Rockefeller University · US

Funding

Stuctural basis of bNab activityP01AI100148 · NIAID · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Pamela J Bjorkman · 2013 to 2026
$43.3M
MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF ANTITUMOR ANTIBODIESR01CA080757 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI RAVETCH, JEFFREY VICTOR · 1999 to 2015
$5.2M
Study of FcR Genes: Macrophages and LymphocytesR56AI034662 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI RAVETCH, JEFFREY VICTOR · 2013 to 2013
$418k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA080757NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI100148NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI034662
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IgG antibodies are actively produced in response to antigenic challenge or passively administered as an effective form of immunotherapy to confer immunity against foreign antigens. Their protective activity is mediated through their bifunctional nature: a variable Fab domain mediates antigen-binding specificity, whereas the constant Fc domain engages Fcγ receptors (FcγRs) expressed on the surface of leukocytes to mediate effector functions. While traditionally considered the invariant domain of an IgG molecule, the Fc domain displays remarkable structural heterogeneity determined primarily by differences in the amino acid sequence of the various IgG subclasses and by the composition of the complex, Fc-associated biantennary N-linked glycan. These structural determinants regulate the conformational flexibility of the IgG Fc domain and affect its capacity to interact with distinct types of FcγRs (type I or type II FcγRs). FcγR engagement activates diverse downstream immunomodulatory pathways with pleiotropic functional consequences including cytotoxicity and phagocytosis of IgG-coated targets, differentiation and activation of antigen presenting cells, modulation of T-cell activation, plasma cell survival, and regulation of antibody responses. These functions highlight the importance of FcγR-mediated pathways in the modulation of adaptive immune responses and suggest a central role for IgG-FcγR interactions during active and passive immunization.

Indexed as

Immunization, PassiveSignal TransductionVaccinationAnimalsDendritic CellsHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunomodulationImmunotherapyMultigene FamilyProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsReceptors, IgGImmunoglobulin GReceptors, IgGantibodiesFc receptorsimmunotherapiesinflammationvaccination

Identifiers

PMID26497515
PMCPMC7556827
OpenAlexW1808395457

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