Sentences with phrase «binds immune complexes»

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That reaction results when a localized accumulation of immune complexes — antibodies bound to their antigens — is deposited in tissue and sets off an inflammatory response involving the infiltration and activation of immune cells, initially the neutrophil.

After looking at lung samples from 75 young and middle - aged adult victims of the 2009 pandemic, they found an uncanny amount of a protein called C4d, a molecule that normally binds to antibodies to form virus - fighting immune complexes.

These results suggest that immune complex - triggered inflammation is initiated by cell bound Fc receptors and is then amplified by cellular mediators and activated complement.

Through this approach, she showed in mice that vaccine - induced immune responses — which correlated with predicted MHC binding affinity and the measured peptide - MHC complex stability — were associated with positive outcomes.

These include: 1) live viral vaccine neutralization by maternal Abs, 2) Ab feedback mechanisms, 3) elimination of vaccine - antigen / maternal Ab immune complexes by phagocytosis, 4) inhibition of B cell responses through epitope masking, and 5) inhibition of B cell responses by binding of IgG to the FcγRIIB (134, 135).

They are complex molecules which can only be produced by the immune system of a living animal, and which recognise and bind to very specific protein sequences.

When an antibody binds with an antigen, an immune complex occurs.