A Novel Immunoglobulin-Immunoglobulin Interaction in Autoimmunity [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Well over six decades since its first description, the Rheumatoid Factor (RF)-autoantibodies recognizing Fc (constant) portion of IgG through their own Fab (antigen binding variable segments)-is believed to have come of age. Autoimmune pancreatitis is a unique form of pancreatitis, biologically characterized by an elevated serum IgG4 concentration ...
Yasunori Shimozuru +10 more
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An Atypical Immunoglobulin [PDF]
Blood, 1968 Abstract A protein of the Ig G family has been isolated from the serum of a patient with a tentative diagnosis of a plasma cell neoplasm. The protein has a lower sedimentation constant (5.4) and a lower molecular weight (125,000) than normal immunoglobulins of the G family.
Alison Lewis +4 more
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The clinical significance of circulating microRNA-21 in patients with IgA nephropathy [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2022 Background Urinary microRNA-21 (miR-21) has been reported to correlate with the histologic lesions of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). We investigated whether urinary or circulating miR-21 could serve as a biomarker for detecting the renal progression of IgAN ...
A Young Cho +3 more
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Comparison of salivary immunoglobulin A and cortisol levels in competitive and non-competitive child male swimmers [PDF]
Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2023 Background: Competitive swimming leads to changes in salivary immunoglobulin A (S-IgA) and cortisol levels. The intensity and duration of exercise cause changes in the immune system.
Bahareh Nazemi Salman +4 more
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Nutcracker syndrome combined with immunoglobulin A nephropathy: two case reports [PDF]
Childhood Kidney Diseases, 2023 Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a disease caused by compression of the left renal vein between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta. Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN) is characterized by the predominance of IgA deposits in the ...
So Hyun Ki +3 more
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Non-invasive stress evaluation in domestic horses (Equus caballus): impact of housing conditions on sensory laterality and immunoglobulin A [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 The study aimed to evaluate sensory laterality and concentration of faecal immunoglobulin A (IgA) as non-invasive measures of stress in horses by comparing them with the already established measures of motor laterality and faecal glucocorticoid ...
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Clinical significance of serum galactose-deficient immunoglobulin A1 for detection of recurrent immunoglobulin A nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients [PDF]
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2021 Background Recurrent glomerulonephritis (GN) is a common cause of allograft loss in kidney transplantation (KT), the most frequent of which is immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN).
Woo Yeong Park +4 more
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Pharmaceutical Biology, 2021 Context Jian Pi Qing Chang Hua Shi decoction (JPQCHSD) has been considered as an effective remedy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Chinese traditional medicine.
Huicun Zhang +3 more
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Concurrent Anti-glomerular Basement Membrane Nephritis and IgA Nephropathy [PDF]
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine, 2019 Anti–glomerular basement membrane (GBM) nephritis is characterized by circulating anti-GBM antibodies and crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN) with deposition of IgG along the GBM.
Kwang-Sun Suh +4 more
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Activation of mucosal immunity and novel prophylactic and therapeutic strategy in combating COVID-19
Exploration of Immunology, 2021 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerges as an expeditiously growing pandemic, in the human population caused by the highly transmissible RNA virus severe acute respiratory syndrome of coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Swapan K. Chatterjee +2 more
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