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Abstract
IgA, IgG and IgM are transported across epithelial cells in a receptor-mediated process known as transcytosis. In addition to neutralizing pathogens in the lumen of the gastrointestinal, respiratory and urogenital tracts, these antibody-receptor complexes are now known to mediate intracellular neutralization of pathogens and might also be important in immune activation and tolerance. Recent studies on the intracellular transport pathways of antibody-receptor complexes and antibody-stimulated receptor-mediated transcytosis are providing new insight into the nature and regulation of endocytic pathways.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12461560 DOI: 10.1038/nrm972
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol ISSN: 1471-0072 Impact factor: 94.444