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. 1992 Dec;11(13):4861–4868. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05592.x

Lineage-independent activation of immune system effector function by myeloid Fc receptors.

W Kolanus 1, C Romeo 1, B Seed 1
PMCID: PMC556962  PMID: 1464313

Abstract

An emerging theme in immunology finds receptors which initiate cellular effector programs forming multichain complexes in which the ligand recognition elements associate with one or more 'trigger molecules' whose aggregation initiates a signal transduction cascade. The sequence motifs constituting the active sites of these trigger molecules are found in the T cell and B cell antigen receptors, and some Fc receptors, and appear to be central to effector function activation. For example, of the many molecules that mimic or potentiate the action of the T cell antigen receptor (TCR), none have yet been found to initiate effector programs autonomously in cells lacking TCR. We have devised two strategies to study activation mediated by myeloid Fc receptors, which appear not to associate with trigger molecules: the use of primary human cytolytic T cells as surrogate effector cells for genetically delivered receptors, and the use of vaccinia virus vectors to introduce genetically modified receptors into primary human monocytes. Using these approaches, we have found that the cytoplasmic domains of two Fc receptors show comparable function to equivalent domains of the trigger molecule family, but are not homologous to members of that family.

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