- An
antibody (Ab) or
immunoglobulin (Ig) is a large, Y-shaped
protein belonging to the
immunoglobulin superfamily which is used by the
immune system to...
- A
monoclonal antibody (mAb, more
rarely called moAb) is an
antibody produced from a cell
lineage made by
cloning a
unique white blood cell. All subsequent...
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Antibody opsonization is a
process by
which a
pathogen is
marked for
phagocytosis through coating of a
target cell with
antibodies.
Immunoglobulins parti****te...
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Recombinant antibodies are
antibody fragments produced by
using recombinant antibody coding genes. They
mostly consist of a
heavy and
light chain of the...
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antibodies are antigen-specific,
meaning that an
antibody can only
react to and bind one
specific antigen; in some instances, however,
antibodies may...
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Antibody-dependent
enhancement (ADE),
sometimes less
precisely called immune enhancement or
disease enhancement, is a
phenomenon in
which binding of a...
- anti-Ro
antibodies, anti-La
antibodies, anti-Sm
antibodies, anti-nRNP
antibodies, anti-Scl-70
antibodies, anti-dsDNA
antibodies, anti-histone
antibodies, antibodies...
- (IgG) is a type of
antibody.
Representing approximately 75% of
serum antibodies in humans, IgG is the most
common type of
antibody found in
blood circulation...
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Antibody-dependent
cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), also
referred to as
antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, is a
mechanism of cell-mediated immune...
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specificity of
antibodies and antigens. The
specific region an
antibody recognizes on an
antigen is
called an epitope.
Several antibodies can recognize...
