P-k antibodies

Antibodies have usually no real role in wound healing, since the actual healing does not have anything to do with antibodies or B/T cells, and in case of an infected wound it is usually dealt with neutrophils and to a lesser ...

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Hi there, I read that stress increases cortisol production and this in turn it inhibits B and T cell activation in vitro. B/T-cells produce antibodies don't they so how is it that has any sort of affect on wound healing? I looked at a study where IL-1a was decreased in those who were stressed ...

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... cells. At least that's what I remember from lessons... But how this decision then is made I don't know. I'd guess that plasma cells producing Antibodies with extremly strong affinity to the antigen might be selected to be memory cells. Maybe through longterm binding to APCs and simultanous ...

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As far as I know, all antibodies are shared between mother and infants. However, only the antibodies are shared, and their life is limited, so the mother's immunity is not transfered in a stable manner to the kid. So they need to be ...

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Why are chicken pox antibodies not shared by the mother during pregnancy via passive immunity? Or are they? If so, why are they not effective in blocking this disease?

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