New research from the University of Cincinnati demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a ...

Secretory IgA (SIgA) serves as the first line of defense ... normally associated with the uptake of highly pathogenic bacteria and potentially allergenic antigens. This review summarizes the ...

New research from the University of Cincinnati demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a ...

However, exactly how intestinal antibodies -- known as secretory IgA -- protect against ... the pathogens in the intestine: IgA binds the bacteria's daughter cells to each other during cell ...

[16] Breast milk contains high concentration of secretory antibodies, mainly IgA, with a broad range of specificities reflecting both maternal immunologic memory and antigenic stimulation of ...

Mucosal pathogens are responsible for many severe infectious diseases, including influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses 1 and 2 (SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, respectively ...

A key component of this system is an antibody called secretory IgA. These antibodies latch on to bacteria to prevent them from invading the lungs. Secretory IgA doesn’t directly kill microbes ...

IgA can be selectively exported to external secretions as secretory IgA (SIgA ... immune complexes with pathogenic and/or commensal bacteria which are taken up by specialized M cells present ...

More information: Merel van Gogh et al, Next-generation IgA-SEQ allows for high-throughput, anaerobic, and metagenomic ...

New research demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a delivery system for vaccines and antiviral therapies.

However, exactly how intestinal antibodies - known as secretory IgA - protect against ... "enchained" the pathogens in the intestine: IgA binds the bacteria's daughter cells to each other during ...