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Chapter 1 delineated immunoglobulins as protein molecules diversified to function for specific recognition of a tremendous number (106) of unique epitopes present in nature. The same molecules, however, exert a variety of biological functions called efferent arms of the immune system versus afferent arms: recognition. To summarize, the characteristic of the specific humoral components resides in the dual functions of immunoglobulins that are classified into IgM, IgG, IgA, IgE, and IgD, depending on their biological effects in the host organisms and molecular structure.
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Wake, A., Morgan, H.R. (1986). Specific Humoral Components: Immunoglobulins. In: Host-Parasite Relationships and the Yersinia Model. Springer Series in Molecular Biology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71344-6_14
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