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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
Immunoglobulins (Ig) or Antibodies
* Glycoproteins that your immune cells make to fight off bacteria, viruses, and other harmful invaders.
* Are produced by plasma cells.
* B cells are instructed by specific immunogens, for, example, bacterial proteins, to differentiate into plasma cells, which are protein-making cells that participate in humoral immune responses against bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, cellular antigens, chemicals, and synthetic substances.
* Immunoglobulins constitute about 20% of the protein in plasma<ref>Vaillant AA, Ramphul K. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513460/ Immunoglobulin]. InStatPearls [Internet] 2019 Nov 10. StatPearls Publishing.Available from:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513460/ (last accessed 3.12.2020)</ref>
* All antibodies are immunoglobulins but all immunoglobulins are not antibodies
* WHO officially coined termed the term Immunoglobulins for antibodies in 1964. <ref>Easybiology [https://www.easybiologyclass.com/difference-between-antibody-and-immunoglobulin/ antibodies] Available from: https://www.easybiologyclass.com/difference-between-antibody-and-immunoglobulin/ (last accessed 3.12.2020)</ref>


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Introduction[edit | edit source]

Immunoglobulins (Ig) or Antibodies

  • Glycoproteins that your immune cells make to fight off bacteria, viruses, and other harmful invaders.
  • Are produced by plasma cells.
  • B cells are instructed by specific immunogens, for, example, bacterial proteins, to differentiate into plasma cells, which are protein-making cells that participate in humoral immune responses against bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, cellular antigens, chemicals, and synthetic substances.
  • Immunoglobulins constitute about 20% of the protein in plasma[1]
  • All antibodies are immunoglobulins but all immunoglobulins are not antibodies
  • WHO officially coined termed the term Immunoglobulins for antibodies in 1964. [2]

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  1. Vaillant AA, Ramphul K. Immunoglobulin. InStatPearls [Internet] 2019 Nov 10. StatPearls Publishing.Available from:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513460/ (last accessed 3.12.2020)
  2. Easybiology antibodies Available from: https://www.easybiologyclass.com/difference-between-antibody-and-immunoglobulin/ (last accessed 3.12.2020)