The therapeutic age of the neonatal Fc receptor

M Pyzik, LK Kozicky, AK Gandhi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
IgGs are essential soluble components of the adaptive immune response that evolved to
protect the body from infection. Compared with other immunoglobulins, the role of IgGs is …

The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn): a misnomer?

M Pyzik, KMK Sand, JJ Hubbard, JT Andersen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antibodies are essential components of an adaptive immune response. Immunoglobulin G
(IgG) is the most common type of antibody found in circulation and extracellular fluids …

Neonatal Fc receptor and IgG-based therapeutics

TT Kuo, VG Aveson - MAbs, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The majority of potent new biologics today are IgG-based molecules that have demonstrated
tissue-targeting specificity with favorable clinical response. Several factors determine the …

[HTML][HTML] Neonatal Fc receptor in human immunity: Function and role in therapeutic intervention

DD Patel, JB Bussel - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
The humoral immune response provides specific, long-lived protection against invading
pathogens, via immunoglobulin production and other memory functions. IgG, the most …

FcRn: the neonatal Fc receptor comes of age

DC Roopenian, S Akilesh - Nature reviews immunology, 2007 - nature.com
The neonatal Fc receptor for IgG (FcRn) has been well characterized in the transfer of
passive humoral immunity from a mother to her fetus. In addition, throughout life, FcRn …

M281, an anti‐FcRn antibody: pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and safety across the full range of IgG reduction in a first‐in‐human study

LE Ling, JL Hillson, RG Tiessen, T Bosje… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
M281 is a fully human, anti‐neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) antibody that inhibits FcRn‐
mediated immunoglobulin G (IgG) recycling to decrease pathogenic IgG while preserving …

The immunologic functions of the neonatal Fc receptor for IgG

T Rath, TT Kuo, K Baker, SW Qiao, K Kobayashi… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - Springer
Careful regulation of the body's immunoglobulin G (IgG) and albumin concentrations is
necessitated by the importance of their respective functions. As such, the neonatal Fc …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting FcRn for immunomodulation: benefits, risks, and practical considerations

HH Peter, HD Ochs, C Cunningham-Rundles… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The neonatal fragment crystallizable (Fc) receptor (FcRn) functions as a recycling
mechanism to prevent degradation and extend the half-life of IgG and albumin in the …

Monoclonal antibodies with identical Fc sequences can bind to FcRn differentially with pharmacokinetic consequences

W Wang, P Lu, Y Fang, L Hamuro, T Pittman… - Drug Metabolism and …, 2011 - ASPET
The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) is a key determinant of IgG homeostasis. It binds to the Fc
domain of IgG in a strictly pH-dependent manner and protects IgG from lysosomal …

Immune and non-immune functions of the (not so) neonatal Fc receptor, FcRn

K Baker, SW Qiao, T Kuo, K Kobayashi… - Seminars in …, 2009 - Springer
Careful regulation of the body's immunoglobulin-G (IgG) and albumin concentrations is
necessitated by the importance of their respective functions. As such, the neonatal Fc …