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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
Fc gamma RIII (the CD16-antigen), a low-affinity receptor for IgG, is expressed by neutrophils, natural killer lymphocytes and macrophages. A soluble form of Fc gamma RIII has been identified in human plasma. This soluble form of Fc gamma RIII (sFc gamma RIII) originates from release by neutrophils. In the present study we show by transfusions of plasma that contains sFc gamma RIII of one allotype (NA1-Fc gamma RIII) in recipients homozygous for the other allotype (NA2-Fc gamma RIII) that the clearance of sFc gamma RIII is about 0.7 ml/min. Because the concentration of sFc gamma RIII was found to be constant in a small cohort of donors followed for about 1.5 years, the half-life of NA1-sFc gamma RIII is about 1.8 d, assuming a one-compartment model. The plasma concentration of sFc gamma RIII depended mainly on the production of neutrophils in the bone marrow, and was not influenced by shifts of neutrophils from one pool to another (storage, marginating or circulating pool). Because Fc gamma RIII is only expressed on mature neutrophils, this implies that the concentration of sFc gamma RIII depends on production of mature neutrophils.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
459-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The plasma concentration of soluble Fc-gamma RIII is related to production of neutrophils.
pubmed:affiliation
Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article