Immunoglobulins and Immunoglobulin Blood Tests: Function and Purpose Medically reviewed by Darragh O'Carroll, MD — Written by Daniel Yetman — Updated on February 29, 2024 Immunoglobulins ...

A pioneering new study published in Nature Microbiology, led by J. Oriol Sunyer, professor of immunology and pathobiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, and a team of researchers at Penn Vet ...

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) has a critical role in immune defense particularly at the mucosal surfaces, and is equipped to do so by the unique structural attributes of its heavy chain and by its ...

Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is the main actor in the drama of allergy. Researchers are looking at the biological role of IgE in the immune response of an organism and how a lack of control can lead to ...

Study: Class switch towards non-inflammatory IgG isotypes after repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination.Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock. This news article was a review of a preliminary ...

The first immunoglobulin class of antibody to appear after active immunization with a variety of antigens has been shown to be IgM, 10,11 which later disappears as IgG antibodies are produced.

The present study was designed to describe the response in the major immunoglobulin classes in serum, and nasal and duodenal secretions, after immunization with live and inactivated poliovaccines ...