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Molecular and functional characteristics of the Fcα/μR, a novel Fc receptor for IgM and IgA

Overview of attention for article published in Seminars in Immunopathology, October 2006
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Title
Molecular and functional characteristics of the Fcα/μR, a novel Fc receptor for IgM and IgA
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Seminars in Immunopathology, October 2006
DOI 10.1007/s00281-006-0050-3
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Authors

Akira Shibuya, Shin-ichiro Honda

Abstract

IgM is the first antibody to be produced in a humoral immune response and is a major isotope of natural antibodies and may play an important role in innate immunity. On the other hand, IgA is a secreted antibody at the mucosal membrane such as the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts and protects from initial invasion of microbes. However, how these antibodies are involved in immunity has been poorly elucidated. We previously identified a novel Fc receptor for IgA and IgM, designated Fcalpha/mu receptor (Fcalpha/muR), whose gene is closely located at the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (poly-IgR), also a receptor for IgA and IgM, in the Fc receptor gene cluster on the chromosome 1. In contrast to the the poly-IgR that is expressed on epithelial, but not hematopoietic, cells, Fcalpha/muR is constitutively expressed on the majority of B lymphocytes and macrophages in the spleen and at the center of the secondary lymphoid follicles. The Fcalpha/muR mediates endocytosis Staphylococcus aureus /anti-S. aureus IgM antibody immune complexes by B lymphocytes, for which the dileucine motif in the cytoplasmic tail of the mouse Fcalpha/muR is responsible. These results reveal a new mechanism in the primary stage of immune defense against microbes.

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Unknown 36 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 28%
Researcher 8 22%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 11%
Student > Master 3 8%
Student > Bachelor 2 6%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 4 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 28%
Immunology and Microbiology 8 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 8%
Chemistry 2 6%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 5 14%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 November 2022.
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#8,261,756
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Seminars in Immunopathology
#279
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#29,625
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Outputs of similar age from Seminars in Immunopathology
#3
of 9 outputs
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