ArticleTherapeutic advances in chronic disease2022
Elevated activating Fc gamma receptors levels correlated with susceptibility and severity of IgA nephropathy.
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- Differential Cell-Specific, Regulatory Roles of Fc γ Receptor IIB through IgG in IgA Nephropathy.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026Article
- Monoclonal antibodies associated IgA nephropathy or other nephropathies.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
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Abstract
Background: It is still uncertain if a dysregulated expression of activating Fc gamma receptors (FcγRs) is associated with the development of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). Methods: RNA sequencing was used to determine the mRNA levels of type I FcγRs, which were then verified by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Commercial ELISA kits were used to detect plasma soluble FcγRIIIb (sFcγRIIIb). Results: We first examined the expression of FcγRs genes in 17 patients with IgAN and six healthy controls. The expression of FcγRIa, FcγRIb, FcγRIIa, FcγRIIc, FcγRIIIa, and FcγRIIIb was shown to be higher in IgAN patients. Even without statistical significance, there was a downward trend in FcγRIIb mRNA levels in IgAN. We observed that the expression levels of activating FcγR mRNAs were consistently higher in an independent set of 20 IgAN patients and 20 healthy controls, confirming the RNA-seq results. FcγRIIIb was the IgG receptor with the greatest difference in expression between the two groups (log Conclusion: The results demonstrated that the mRNA levels of the activating Fc receptor of IgG were significantly increased in IgAN. Patients with higher plasma sFcγRIIIb levels may have had more severe illness than those with lower levels.
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