CD32

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Identifiers
Symbol FCGR2A
Alt. Symbols FCG2, FCGR2A1, FCGR2
Entrez 2212
HUGO 3616
OMIM 146790
RefSeq NM_021642
UniProt P12318
Other data
Locus Chr. 1 q23
Identifiers
Symbol FCGR2B
Alt. Symbols FCG2, FCGR2
Entrez 2213
HUGO 3618
OMIM 604590
RefSeq NM_004001
UniProt P31994
Other data
Locus Chr. 1 q23
Fc fragment of IgG, low affinity IIb, receptor for (CD32)
Identifiers
Symbol FCGR2C
Entrez 9103
HUGO 15626
RefSeq NM_201563
UniProt P31995
Other data
Locus Chr. 1 q23

CD32 is a surface receptor protein and part of a large population of B cell co-receptors, which act to modulate signalling.

It has a low-affinity for IgG antibodies and down-regulates antibody production in the presence of IgG. This feedback loops essentially lowers the production of IgG produced by B cells when there is a surplus in the body.[1]

Monoclonal antibodies can distinguish between type A and type B.[2]

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  1. ^ Coico, R., Sunshine, G., and Benjamin, E. (2003). "Immunology: A Short Course" p.97.
  2. ^ Veri MC, Gorlatov S, Li H, et al (2007). "Monoclonal antibodies capable of discriminating the human inhibitory Fcgamma-receptor IIB (CD32B) from the activating Fcgamma-receptor IIA (CD32A): biochemical, biological and functional characterization". Immunology 121 (3): 392-404. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02588.x. PMID 17386079.