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Genetic polymorphism of the inhibitory IgG Fc receptor FcgammaRIIb is not associated with clinical outcome in patients with follicular lymphoma treated with rituximab.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 May 2009
Weng Wen-Kai, Levy Ronald
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms of activating FcgammaRIIIa (CD16) and FcgammaRIIa (CD32a) have been found to predict rituximab response, probably because of the relative efficiency of different FcgammaR variants in performing antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The inhibitory FcgammaRIIb (CD32b) has an opposing effect on effector cells. Here, we examined whether an FcgammaRIIb 232 isoleucine (I)/threonine (T) polymorphism...
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