Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » M » Maternal antibody

Maternal antibody

Maternal antibody

Any antibody transferred from a mammalian mother transplacentally into the foetus. See under immunoglobulin for details of the classes of ig that are transferred to the foetus.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


Re: erythroblastosis fetalis

The antibody response is to the rh markers. If you are rh-negative, those markers are "foreign," ... of what would otherwise be minor exposures during pregnancy, as well as cases of maternal rejection of rh-positive fetuses in a first pregnancy.

See entire post
by Darby
Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:48 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: erythroblastosis fetalis
Replies: 75
Views: 13428

What prevents maternal antibodies to act against fetus?

Please reply within an hour, I need to know why the maternal antibodies dont act against fetal membranes/fetus or if they do ,what ... act against the fetus then? 1 last question' what in an antigen causes the antibody production. reply soon...thanks.. :roll:

See entire post
by nipun
Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:58 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: What prevents maternal antibodies to act against fetus?
Replies: 13
Views: 1643


This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 315 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link