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1: J Immunol. 2001 Jan 1;166(1):531-7.Click here to read Links

Differential modulation of stimulatory and inhibitory Fc gamma receptors on human monocytes by Th1 and Th2 cytokines.

Pricop L, Redecha P, Teillaud JL, Frey J, Fridman WH, Sautès-Fridman C, Salmon JE.

Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA. pricopl@hss.edu

Immune complex-mediated inflammatory responses are initiated by Fc gamma R on phagocytes. We report in this study that an inhibitory receptor, Fc gamma RIIb2, is expressed on circulating human monocytes, and when co-cross-linked with stimulatory Fc gamma R it down-regulates effector function. Fc gamma RIIb2 expression is increased by IL-4 and decreased by IFN-gamma, in contrast to the activating receptor, Fc gamma RIIa, which is increased by IFN-gamma and decreased by IL-4. Thus, Th1 and Th2 cytokines differentially regulate the opposing Fc gamma R systems, altering the balance of activating and inhibiting Fc gamma R. The detection and cytokine modulation of Fc gamma RIIb2 in human myeloid cells provide evidence of a negative regulator of immune complex-mediated responses in human phagocytes and offer a new approach to limit Ab-triggered inflammation in autoimmune disease.

PMID: 11123333 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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