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SUBMITTER: Yeap WH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5037471 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yeap Wei Hseun WH Wong Kok Loon KL Shimasaki Noriko N Teo Esmeralda Chi Yuan EC Quek Jeffrey Kim Siang JK Yong Hao Xiang HX Diong Colin Phipps CP Bertoletti Antonio A Linn Yeh Ching YC Wong Siew Cheng SC
Scientific reports 20160927
Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) is exerted by immune cells expressing surface Fcγ receptors (FcγRs) against cells coated with antibody, such as virus-infected or transformed cells. CD16, the FcγRIIIA, is essential for ADCC by NK cells, and is also expressed by a subset of human blood monocytes. We found that human CD16- expressing monocytes have a broad spectrum of ADCC capacities and can kill cancer cell lines, primary leukemic cells and hepatitis B virus-infected cells in the p ...[more]