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What is a disease-fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen?
Antibody - produced by B lymphocytes.
How do you put antibody in a sentence?
Antibody is a sort of cells that are produced inside the body by immune system in response to the foreign particle/antigen.
What is the class of antibody first secreted in response to a new antigen?
IgM is the class of antibody first secreted in response to a new antigen. It is produced during the initial immune response and helps to activate other components of the immune system.
Name three features of secondary immune responses that distinguish it from a primary immune response?
Primary Immune response: 1) Smaller Peak Response 2) Usually IgM>IgG 3) Lowere average Antibody Affinity Secondary Immune Response 1) Larger Peak Response 2) Relative increase in IgG and under certain situations in IgA or IgE ( Heavy Isotype switching) 3) Higher Average Antibody Affinity ( Affinity Maturation)
What is a disease- fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of specific antigen?
Antibody - produced by B lymphocytes.
What is the largest antibody produced by the fetus?
The largest antibody produced by the fetus is Immunoglobulin M (IgM). It is the first antibody to be produced in response to an infection and plays a crucial role in the fetal immune response. IgM is typically produced by the fetus around the 20th week of gestation and is important for detecting and neutralizing pathogens. Unlike other antibody classes, IgM is pentameric in structure, allowing it to effectively bind to multiple antigens.
What distinguishes the secondary immune response from the primary immune response?
the secondary immune response is faster and stronger than the first. the primary response also takes a few days to react with the antigen whereas the secondary immune response reacts faster to an antigen.
What is an antiarrestin?
An antiarrestin is an antibody which generates an immune response to arrestin.
How do antigen-antibody complex protect the body?
by producing an immune response
What is antigene and antibody?
An antigen is a substance that can invoke an immune response. While an antibody is the immune system's response to an antigen. Antibodies, act by directly neutralizing the antigen and/or bind to the antigen and signaling marcophages to phagocytose the antigen.
What does an active antibody look like?
An active antibody is a Y-shaped protein molecule that is produced by the immune system in response to the presence of a foreign substance (antigen) in the body. The two arms of the Y-shaped antibody can bind to specific antigens, marking them for destruction by other immune system cells.
Is an antibodie an antigen?
An antibody is a glycoprotein that is produced by plasma cells. It consists of heavy chains and light chains. An antigen is a molecule that interacts with an antibody (or T-Cell). When the antigen interaction induces an immune response it is known as an immunogen.
