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Immunology A Short Course, Fourth Edition
Eli Benjamini, Richard Coico, and Geoffrey Sunshine
Paper • February 2000 • 500 pp. • 0-471-34890-2
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TABLE 3.1. Antigen Recognition by B and T Cells |
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Characteristic |
B cells |
T cells |
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Antigen interaction |
B-cell receptor (membrane Ig) binds Ag |
T-cell receptor binds Ag 1 MHC |
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Nature of antigens |
Protein, polysaccharide, lipid |
Peptide |
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Binding soluble antigens |
Yes |
No |
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Epitopes recognized |
Accessible, sequential, or nonsequential |
Internal linear peptides produced by antigen processing (proteolytic degradation) |
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TABLE 4.2. Important Differences Between Human IgG Subclasses |
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IgG1 |
IgG2 |
IgG3 |
IgG |
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Occurrence (% of total IgG) |
70 |
20 |
7 |
3 |
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Half-life |
23 |
23 |
7 |
23 |
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Complement binding |
+ |
+ |
+++ |
— |
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Placental passage |
++ |
± |
++ |
++ |
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Binding of monocytes |
+++ |
+ |
+++ |
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