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SUBMITTER: Castro-Dopico T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7524157 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Gut microbes 20190903 1
Immunoglobulins (Igs) form a cornerstone of mucosal immunity. In the gastrointestinal tract, secretory IgA and IgM bind to commensal microorganisms within the intestinal lumen to prevent them from breaching the intestinal epithelium - a process known as immune exclusion. In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the role of IgG in intestinal immunity, driven in part by a genetic association of an affinity-lowering variant of an IgG receptor, FcγRIIA, with protection from ulcerative col ...[more]