SIgA in Mucosal Immunity
A special issue of Antibodies (ISSN 2073-4468).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2015) | Viewed by 7308
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Interests: plant and bacterial toxins; antibodies; vaccines; pathophysiology; biodefense
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Dear Colleagues,
Secretory IgA (SIgA) is frequently described as serving as the first line of defense against mucosal pathogens, especially in the gastrointestinal tract where IgA concentrations can exceed milligrams per milliliter in secretions. However, despite a widespread appreciation of the importance of SIgA in mucosal immunity, very little is actually known about the details of how secretory antibodies function in preventing pathogens from colonizing and invading the mucosal compartments. The concept of immune exclusion still holds, but it is increasingly apparent that SIgA does more than physically entrap bacteria (and viruses) in external environment. It is also increasing evident that SIgA plays a critical role in keeping the microbiota in check and thereby preventing the onset of potentially chronic inflammatory diseases. This Special Issue of Antibodies is dedicated to all things SIgA, and in illuminating the importance of secretory antibodies in mucosal protection. I invite you to contribute to this issue and stimulate the discourse and to aide in advancing our understanding of SIgA.
Dr. Nicholas J. Mantis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Enteric
- secretory component
- epithelium
- antibody transport
- antibody effector function
- mucus, breast milk
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