Immunologic Factor
Fc Receptor
Subclass of:
Receptors, Immunologic
Definitions related to fc receptor:
  • Receptors found on the cell surface of some B-lymphocytes, T-lymphocytes, and macrophages, which recognize the Fc (constant region fragment) portion of immunoglobulin molecules.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (receptors, fc) Molecules found on the surface of some, but not all, B-lymphocytes, T-lymphocytes, and macrophages, which recognize and combine with the Fc (crystallizable) portion of immunoglobulin molecules.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (antibody receptor) Family of cell surface molecules which mediate the specific intracellular effects of antibody binding, usually by the Fc region; do not confuse with other antibody-binding moieties which are normally antigens that bind to the Fab region.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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