Immunoglobulins (Ig)
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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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- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Easybiology antibodies Available from: https://www.easybiologyclass.com/difference-between-antibody-and-immunoglobulin/ (last accessed 3.12.2020)
