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SUBMITTER: Viertlboeck BC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1913898 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viertlboeck Birgit C BC Schweinsberg Sonja S Hanczaruk Matthias A MA Schmitt Ramona R Du Pasquier Louis L Herberg Friedrich W FW Göbel Thomas W TW
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070702 28
Fc receptors are key players of the immune system that link the fine specificity of immunoglobulins and innate effector responses. Here, we describe a nonmammalian Fcgamma receptor, CHIR-AB1, a member of the leukocyte receptor complex, that binds IgY with high affinity with its single Ig domain. It is expressed on immature and mature B lymphocytes, monocytes, macrophages, and natural killer cells and harbors motifs of activating and inhibitory Fc receptors. In the absence of FcepsilonRIgamma, CH ...[more]