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SUBMITTER: Wright JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4481376 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wright Jon D JD Chu Hsing-Mao HM Huang Chun-Hsiang CH Ma Che C Chang Tse Wen TW Lim Carmay C
Scientific reports 20150626
Omalizumab, an anti-IgE antibody, used to treat severe allergic asthma and chronic idiopathic urticaria, binds to IgE in blood or membrane-bound on B lymphocytes but not to IgE bound to its high (FcεRI) or low (CD23) affinity receptor. Mutagenesis studies indicate overlapping FcεRI and omalizumab-binding sites in the Cε3 domain, but crystallographic studies show FcεRI and CD23-binding sites that are far apart, so how can omalizumab block IgE from binding both receptors? We report a 2.42-Å omaliz ...[more]