Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins (IGs), are glycoproteins produced in response to an immune reaction and exhibit high specificity for the antigens that elicit the response. An antibody ...

Despite the well-recognized involvement of immunoglobulin (Ig) A in mucosal immunity, the function of its receptor, FcαRI (CD89), is poorly understood. The ability of FcαRI to activate leukocytes ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Idiotypy has been studied in antibodies against a protein antigen: hen ovalbumin. Various fractions of antisera to hen ovalbumin have been ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 78, No. 1, [Part 2: Biological Sciences] (Jan., 1981), pp. 524-528 (5 pages) Several biological effector functions ...