Chapters
Chapter 1
General introduction and scope of the thesis.
Front Immunol. 2015 Jan 21; 5: 674
Chapter 2
Fc-gamma receptor polymorphisms differentially influence susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 May;55(5):939-48
Chapter 3
Comprehensive genotyping of the FCGR2/3 locus reveals a novel association of FCGR2C-ORF with susceptibility to Kawasaki Disease as well as extensive ethnic variation and linkage disequilibrium.
Chapter 4
The association and functional relevance of genetic variation in low-affinity Fc-gamma receptors with clinical platelet transfusion refractoriness.
Chapter 5
Nonallelic homologous recombination of the FCGR2/3 locus results in copy number variation and novel chimeric FCGR2 genes with aberrant functional expression.
Genes Immun. 2015 Sep;16(6):422-9
Chapter 6
Haplotypes of FcγRIIa and FcγRIIIb polymorphic variants influence IgG-mediated responses in neutrophils.
J Immunol. 2014 Mar 15;192(6):2715-21
Chapter 7
Inhibition of FcγR-mediated phagocytosis by IVIg is independent of IgG-Fc sialylation and FcγRIIb in human macrophages.
Blood. 2014 Dec 11;124(25):3709-18
Chapter 8
Red pulp macrophages in the human spleen represent a distinct cell population with a unique expression pattern of Fc-gamma receptors.
