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Divergent Immunoglobulin G Subclass Activity Through Selective Fc Receptor Binding

Nimmerjahn, Falk, Ravetch, Jeffrey V.·2005·Science

Abstract

Subclasses of immunoglobulin G (IgG) display substantial differences in their ability to mediate effector responses, contributing to variable activity of antibodies against microbes and tumors. We demonstrate that the mechanism underlying this long-standing observation of subclass dominance in function is provided by the differential affinities of IgG subclasses for specific activating IgG Fc receptors compared with their affinities for the inhibitory IgG Fc receptor. The significant differences in the ratios of activating-to-inhibitory receptor binding predicted the in vivo activity. We suggest that these highly predictable functions assigned by Fc binding will be an important consideration in the design of therapeutic antibodies and vaccines.

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Authors
Nimmerjahn, F., & Ravetch, J. V.
Venue
Science
Published
2005-12-02
Volume
310
Issue
5753
Pages
1510-1512
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2110990893
Cited by
1,037
References
2
FWCI
29.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
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