Interactions between the Gut Microbiome and Mucosal Immunoglobulins A, M, and G in the Developing Infant Gut

Antibodies are secreted into the gut and attach to roughly half of the trillions of bacterial cells present. When babies are born, the breastmilk supplies these antibodies until the baby’s own immune system takes over this task after a few weeks. The vast majority of these antibodies are IgA, but tw...

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Main Authors: Anders Janzon, Julia K. Goodrich, Omry Koren, the TEDDY Study Group, Jillian L. Waters, Ruth E. Ley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-11-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
iga
igm
igg
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00612-19