Neonatal Fc receptor: From immunity to therapeutics

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 777-789

  Kuo, Timothy T ^a   Baker, Kristi ^a   Yoshida, Masaru ^b   Qiao, Shuo Wang ^c   Aveson, Victoria G ^a   Lencer, Wayne I ^a   Blumberg, Richard S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Albumin; Brambell; Fc; Fcgrt; FcRn; IgG; Recycling; Transcytosis; Transport

Indexed keywords

ALBINTERFERON ALPHA2B; ALBUMIN; ALBUMIN CONJUGATE; ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FC RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; TRASTUZUMAB;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; BREAST CANCER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL MIGRATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; LIGAND BINDING; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MAMMARY GLAND FUNCTION; METASTASIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NANOENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; DRUG DISCOVERY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, FC;

EID: 78651340524     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-010-9468-4     Document Type: Article

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