“…Whether HUVEC express any FcgR is controversial. This is further complicated by reports that stimulation of HUVEC with cytokines (including TNF-a) or via infection with HSV-1 or CMV upregulates FcgR surface expression [Cines et al, 1982;Friedman, 1989;Favaloro, 1993;MacCormac and Grundy, 1996;Liang et al, 2006], and that even unstimulated HUVEC express surface FcgR [Alberto et al, 2000]. In contrast, there are also reports that none of the three major FcgRs (CD16, CD32, and CD64) are expressed on HUVEC [Sedmak et al, 1991;Groger et al, 1996].…”