Specific antibody activity, glycan heterogeneity and polyreactivity contribute to the protective activity of S-IgA at mucosal surfaces

Immunology Letters

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Mestecky, Jiri ^a,b,c   Russell, Michael W ^d,e  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial adherence; Glycans; Mucosal immunity; Secretory IgA

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REVIEW; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 67349193580     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2009.03.013     Document Type: Review

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