Dear Editor, Antibody immunotherapy is a well-established therapeutic modality for cancer, acute viral infections (Marasco and Sui, 2007) and persistent viral infection such as HIV (Barouch et al., 2013) and HCMV (Freed et al., 2013). To reduce immunogenicity of rodent antibodies (Abs), approved antibody drugs entering clinical trials are of human origin or are humanized versions of rodent antibodies (Reichert, 2008). Recently, there is a strong drive to improve therapeutic efficacy, reduce cost, and provide convenient dosing to patients by designing next-generation antibodies with improved pharmacokinetic properties and modulated immune effector functions (Grevys et al., 2015). The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) is a heterodimer that comprises transmembrane a chains and β2-microglubulin (β2m). Optimizing FcRn-IgG interaction through Fc engineering is an effective strategy to improve pharmacokinetic (PK) or pharmacodynamics (PD) properties of therapeutic antibodies (Datta-Mannan et al., 2007). Increased affinity of the FcRn-IgG interaction at pH 6. 0 and/or 7. 4 has resulted in improved terminal phase half-life (t1/2) of antibodies in vivo (DallAcqua et al., 2002).