Sentence examples for immunoglobulin from inspiring English sources
The word 'immunoglobulin' is correct and usable in written English
It is a term used in biology and medicine to refer to any of the group of proteins present in the serum and cells of the immune system, which function as antibodies. Example: The doctor prescribed an immunoglobulin injection to help boost the patient's weakened immune system.
noun
Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.
Their levels of antibodies specifically of a type called immunoglobulin E (IgE)—rose significantly.
The best studied is the mammalian antibody protein, immunoglobulin.
In humans maternal IgG antibodies but not those of the other immunoglobulin classes are transported across the placenta into the fetal bloodstream throughout the second two-thirds of pregnancy.
The four chains are joined in the final immunoglobulin molecule to form a flexible Y shape, which is the simplest form an antibody can take.
To initiate the cascade, the first complement protein in the pathway, C1, must interact with a bound immunoglobulin.
The first immunoglobulin to be produced is IgM.
Rh, or D antigen, incompatibility is now largely preventable by treating Rh-negative mothers with Rh immunoglobulin, which prevents immunization (forming antibodies) to the D antigen.
Hyperimmune serum globulin is prepared in the same way as the nonspecific immunoglobulin above but from patients who are selected because of their high titres of specific antibodies.
The evolution of the complement system (a group of proteins involved in immune responses) may have occurred faster than that of the immunoglobulin system.
Interaction with antigens causes B cells to multiply into clones of immunoglobulin-secreting cells.
Both inherited and acquired immune deficiencies suppress one or many aspects of the immune response, rendering the affected individual unable to resist infection unless treated by administration of immunoglobulins or by bone marrow transplant.
