Natural Antibodies as Rheostats for Susceptibility to Chronic Diseases in the Aged
Natural antibodies are spontaneously produced in the absence of infection or immunization, and are both anti-microbial and autoreactive. Autoreactive natural antibodies can bind noxious molecules, such as those involved in clinical situations of atherosclerosis (oxLDL), malignancy (NGcGM3) and neur...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00127/full |