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Complete FcRn dependence for intravenous Ig therapy in autoimmune skin blistering diseases.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Dec 2005
Li Ning, Zhao Minglang, Hilario-Vargas Julio, Prisayanh Phillip, Warren Simon, Diaz Luis A, Roopenian Derry C, Liu Zhi
Abstract excerpt
Numerous mechanisms of action have been proposed for intravenous Ig (IVIG). In this study, we used IgG passive transfer murine models of bullous pemphigoid (BP), pemphigus foliaceus (PF), and pemphigus vulgaris (PV) to test the hypothesis that the effect of IVIG in autoantibody-mediated cutaneous bullous diseases is to accelerate the degradation of pathogenic IgG by saturation of the MHC-like Fc receptor neonatal...
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