Published online January 16, 2007
doi:10.1084/jem.20061788
The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol. 204, No. 1, 11-15
The Rockefeller University Press, 0022-1007 $30.00
© 2007 Nimmerjahn et al.
The antiinflammatory activity of IgG: the intravenous IgG paradox
Falk Nimmerjahn and
Jeffrey V. Ravetch
CORRESPONDENCE J.V.R.: ravetch{at}rockefeller.edu
ABSTRACT
How high doses of intravenous IgG (IVIG) suppress autoimmune diseases remains unresolved. We have recently shown that the antiinflammatory activity of IVIG can be attributed to a minor species of IgGs that is modified with terminal sialic acids on their Fc-linked glycans. Here we propose that these Fc-sialylated IgGs engage a unique receptor on macrophages that, in turn, leads to the upregulation of an inhibitory Fc
receptor (Fc
R), thereby protecting against autoantibody-mediated pathology.
F.N. and J.V.R. are at Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.

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