Antibody Guide
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...animal, which then mounts an immune response to it. Once the immune response has developed, the antibodies ...Antibodies, produced as part of the immune system’s response to foreign bodies, are the most commonly used ...Figure 1. The two arms of the Y structure are responsible for binding the antigen, and are called the antigen...bind to a specific antigen, triggering an immune response. The stem of the Y structure and the lower part...isotype of the antibody. B cells, the immune cell responsible for producing antibodies, can change the constant...binding site. In B cells, the genetic region responsible for the variable region goes through a randomized...Different isotypes play different roles in the immune response, and can be used to increase flexibility or specificity...