2002
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18516.x
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Molecular versatility of antibodies

Abstract: As immunology developed into a discrete discipline, the principal experimental efforts were directed towards uncovering the molecular basis of the specificity exhibited by antibodies and the mechanism by which antigens induced their production. Less attention was given to how antibodies carry out some of their effector functions, although this subject presents an interesting protein-chemical and evolutionary problem; that is, how does a family of proteins that can bind a virtually infinite variety of ligands, … Show more

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“…2 b). This finding contradicts studies indicating that extensive receptor aggregation inhibits secretory responses (4,44,45). We consider the following possible explanations for this discrepancy:…”
Section: Analysis Of Equilibrium Binding Datacontrasting
confidence: 72%
“…2 b). This finding contradicts studies indicating that extensive receptor aggregation inhibits secretory responses (4,44,45). We consider the following possible explanations for this discrepancy:…”
Section: Analysis Of Equilibrium Binding Datacontrasting
confidence: 72%
“…Such a dimer of cellular receptors would place the two ITAM-containing cytoplasmic tails in close proximity, similar to other ITAM-activating molecules, in an arrangement presumably suitable for downstream intracellular signaling (25). It is generally accepted that, in activating leukocytes, the FcRs cluster or aggregate, a process that is driven by Ag–Ab complexes (2628), yet the structural arrangement of receptors within these signaling assemblies is poorly understood.…”
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“…Further motivation was provided by earlier studies indicating that the size of ligand-induced receptor aggregates as well as the kinetics of ligand-receptor binding are important factors that influence Fc ε RI-mediated cellular responses to antigen [37, 38]. The molecular mechanisms responsible for these effects, which are largely uncharacterized, may perhaps be identified with the help of models that capture the dynamics of ligand-induced receptor aggregation and receptor-mediated signaling events [4, 39, 40, 41].…”
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