Identification and function of neonatal
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Petru Cianga; Corneliu Medesan; James A. Richardson; Victor Ghetie; E. Sally War
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In addition to its proposed function in regulating serum IgG levels, the MHC class I-related neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) is known to play a role in IgG transfer across rodent yolk sac and neonatal intestine. In contrast to humans, for which transplacental transfer of IgG appears to be the only mecha