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Intravenous gamma globulin (IVIG) is used as an effective therapy for many different autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The current paradigm for the mechanism underpinning anti-inflammatory effects links IVIG administration to increased expression and activity of the inhibitory Fc[gamma] receptor (Fc[gamma]RIIB) on splenic macrophages. This hypothesis has been disputed in the literature. Here we show that IVIG administered in the context of passive antibody-mediated thrombocytopenia to be therapeutically efficacious in both splenectomized and unmanipulated Balb/c mice despite no upregulation of Fc[gamma]RIIB mRNA in the spleen. Moreover, IVIG effectively ameliorated immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in Fc[gamma]RIIB-deficient Balb/c mice, but not in Fc[gamma]RIIB-/- or Fc[gamma]RIIB+/+ control mice with a C57BL6/129S background. Our results demonstrate that Fc[gamma]RIIB is not relevant to the beneficial effects of IVIG. We anticipate that investigators will now shift their research focus away from Fc[gamma]RIIB and seek out other possible mechanism(s) to explain the plethora of diseases and conditions treatable with IVIG.
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Leontyev, D., Katsman, Y., Ma, XZ. et al. The Inhibitory Fc[gamma] Receptor is Unnecessary for IVIG Efficacy. Nat Prec (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.4635.1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.4635.1
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