Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptors

Known as: Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor, Receptors, Polymeric Immunoglobulin, Receptor, Polymeric Ig 
Specialized Fc receptors (RECEPTORS, FC) for polymeric immunoglobulins, which mediate transcytosis of polymeric IMMUNOGLOBULIN A and IMMUNOGLOBULIN M… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The mammalian retromer regulates transcytosis of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor
Epithelial cells have separate apical and basolateral plasma membrane domains with distinct compositions. After delivery to one… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor Translocates Pneumococci across Human Nasopharyngeal Epithelial Cells
The polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR) plays a crucial role in mucosal immunity against microbial infection by transporting… (More)
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Role of J chain in secretory immunoglobulin formation.
The joining (J) chain is a small polypeptide, expressed by mucosal and glandular plasma cells, which regulates polymer formation… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Absence of Epithelial Immunoglobulin a Transport, with Increased Mucosal Leakiness, in Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor/Secretory Component–Deficient Mice
Mucosal surfaces are protected specifically by secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) and SIgM generated through external… (More)
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Review
1996
Review
1996
Fc receptors and their interactions with immunoglobulins.
Receptors for the Fc domain of immunoglobulins play an important role in immune defense. There are two well-defined functional… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Biodegradable long-circulating polymeric nanospheres.
Injectable nanoparticulate carriers have important potential applications such as site-specific drug delivery or medical imaging… (More)
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Review
1994
Review
1994
Transepithelial transport of immunoglobulins.
Immunoglobulins are transported across a variety of epithelial tissues. The best studied example of this is the transport of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
The polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (secretory component) mediates transport of immune complexes across epithelial cells: a local defense function for IgA.
The polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR) on mucosal epithelial cells binds dimeric IgA (dIgA) on the basolateral surface and… (More)
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Review
1991
Review
1991
The polymeric immunoglobulin receptor.
As a model system to study protein traffic in epithelial cells we have used the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor. This receptor… (More)
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Polymeric immunoglobulin receptor expressed in MDCK cells transcytoses IgA
We expressed cDNA for the rabbit polymeric immunoglobulin receptor in polarized Madin-Darby Canine Kidney epithelial cells, which… (More)
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