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Association between FcgammaRIIa-R131 allotype and bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jan 2000
Yee A M, Phan H M, Zuniga R, Salmon J E, Musher D M
Abstract excerpt
Human FcgammaRIIa has 2 codominantly expressed allotypes, which differ greatly in their ability to ligate immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2). Whereas FcgammaRIIa-R131 binds only weakly to IgG2, FcgammaRIIa-H131 binds to it efficiently and might be primarily responsible for the phagocytosis of IgG2-opsonized bacteria. IgG2 plays a pivotal role in defense against pneumococcal infection. This prospective study showed that 50%...
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