Normal human plasma anti-β-glucoside antibody has markedly elevated IgA content and binds fungal and yeast polysaccharides

Immunological Investigations

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-83

  Geetha, M ^a   Annamma, K I ^a   Mathai, J ^a   Appukuttan, P S ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

glucan; Anti glucoside antibody; Candida albicans; IgA; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA GLUCOSIDE ANTIBODY; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTOSE; MALTOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSTYRENE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY ISOLATION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; POLYSACCHARIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33845908718     PISSN: 08820139     EISSN: 15324311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820130600745737     Document Type: Article

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