Fc Mediated Activity of Antibodies Structural and Functional Diversity /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ravetch, Jeffrey V. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nimmerjahn, Falk (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 423
• Subjects: Immunology.; Cancer research.; Infectious diseases.; Cancer Research.; Infectious Diseases.

This volume explores several aspects of how antibodies mediate their activity in vivo, ranging from cancer immunotherapy to autoimmunity, infection, and vaccination. Divided into seven chapters, it provides in-depth insights into how antibodies and especially the antibody fragment crystallizable (Fc...

Table of Contents:

• IgG Fc receptors: evolutionary considerations
• Role of FcgRs in Antibody Based Cancer Therapy
• Anti-inflammatory Activity of IgG-Fc
• IgG Fc glycosylation in human immunity
• IgE Glycosylation in Health and Disease
• Immune Complex Vaccination
• Fc receptors in anti-microbial protection.