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The Old but New IgM Fc Receptor (FcμR)

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 382))

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IgM is the first Ig isotype to appear during phylogeny, ontogeny and the immune response. The importance of both pre-immune “natural” and antigen-induced “immune” IgM antibodies in immune responses to pathogens and self-antigens has been established by studies of mutant mice deficient in IgM secretion. Effector proteins interacting with the Fc portion of IgM, such as complement and complement receptors, have thus far been proposed, but fail to fully account for the IgM-mediated immune protection and regulation of immune responses. Particularly, the role of the Fc receptor for IgM (FcμR) in such effector functions has not been explored until recently. We have identified an authentic FcμR in humans using a functional cloning strategy and subsequently in mice by RT-PCR and describe here its salient features and the immunological consequences of FcμR deficiency in mice. Since the FcμR we cloned was identical to Toso or Fas inhibitory molecule 3 (FAIM3), there have been spirited debates regarding the real function of FcμR/Toso/FAIM3 and we will also comment on this topic.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Peter Burrows and Dr. Sheila Sanders for critical reading and suggestions. This mini-review article is heavily indebted to the early studies of IgM-binding proteins by three outstanding post-doctoral fellows in the laboratory of Dr. Max Cooper: Sheila K. Sanders, Tatsuharu Ohno and Tetsuya Nakamura. HK also would like to dedicate this paper as a token of his immense gratitude to his respected mentor Dr. Max Cooper, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, for his great advice and long support.

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  1. Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35209, USA

    Hiromi Kubagawa, Yoshiki Kubagawa, Dewitt Jones & Kazuhito Honjo

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35209, USA

    Tahseen H. Nasti

  3. Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35209, USA

    Mark R. Walter

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Kubagawa, H., Kubagawa, Y., Jones, D., Nasti, T.H., Walter, M.R., Honjo, K. (2014). The Old but New IgM Fc Receptor (FcμR). In: Daeron, M., Nimmerjahn, F. (eds) Fc Receptors. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 382. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07911-0_1

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