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SUBMITTER: Davies AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4670484 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davies Anna M AM Sutton Brian J BJ
Immunological reviews 20151101 1
IgG4, the least represented human IgG subclass in serum, is an intriguing antibody with unique biological properties, such as the ability to undergo Fab-arm exchange and limit immune complex formation. The lack of effector functions, such as antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and complement-dependent cytotoxicity, is desirable for therapeutic purposes. IgG4 plays a protective role in allergy by acting as a blocking antibody, and inhibiting mast cell degranulation, but a deleterious ro ...[more]