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Methods of Immunologic Injury to Tissues

Methods of Immunologic Injury to Tissues The immunological response can be defined as the capacity to react to antigen stimulation with the production of specific antibodies or sensitized cells, which themselves may represent antibody-containing cells. Antibodies are molecules capable of performing two types of functions: to react with antigen and to mediate certain defense mechanisms, by the action of com­ plement factors or the liberation of vasoactive amines which elicit inflamma­ tion. These two sets of properties, immunological specificity and biological activities, have been found to depend upon different parts of the 7S 'Y-globu­ lin molecule, as separated by papain cleavage (1). The immunological specificity is contained in Porter pieces I and II (1), the capacity to fix com­ plement (2) and to bind to tissue receptors in the guinea pig is a function of piece III of Porter (3). Since piece III appears to contain only H chains (4, 5), the biological properties can be considered to be properties of these chains of 7S antibody molecules. The two sets of properties of the same molecule ensures that these biological properties are selectively directed. Thus, under ideal conditions, the immunological process directs the mechanisms of de­ fense of the host toward invading foreign organisms, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Microbiology Annual Reviews

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Publisher
Annual Reviews
Copyright
Copyright 1963 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
Subject
Review Articles
ISSN
0066-4227
eISSN
1545-3251
DOI
10.1146/annurev.mi.17.100163.001403
pmid
14145303
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Abstract

The immunological response can be defined as the capacity to react to antigen stimulation with the production of specific antibodies or sensitized cells, which themselves may represent antibody-containing cells. Antibodies are molecules capable of performing two types of functions: to react with antigen and to mediate certain defense mechanisms, by the action of com­ plement factors or the liberation of vasoactive amines which elicit inflamma­ tion. These two sets of properties, immunological specificity and biological activities, have been found to depend upon different parts of the 7S 'Y-globu­ lin molecule, as separated by papain cleavage (1). The immunological specificity is contained in Porter pieces I and II (1), the capacity to fix com­ plement (2) and to bind to tissue receptors in the guinea pig is a function of piece III of Porter (3). Since piece III appears to contain only H chains (4, 5), the biological properties can be considered to be properties of these chains of 7S antibody molecules. The two sets of properties of the same molecule ensures that these biological properties are selectively directed. Thus, under ideal conditions, the immunological process directs the mechanisms of de­ fense of the host toward invading foreign organisms,

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Annual Review of MicrobiologyAnnual Reviews

Published: Oct 1, 1963

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