Los anticuerpos reactivos al glicano dimerizados Fab son una categoría estructural de los anticuerpos naturales

Wilton B Williams1, R Ryan Meyerhoff1, R J Edwards1

  • 1Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

Cell
|May 21, 2021
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores descubrieron nuevos anticuerpos que se unen al glicano (Abs) en macacos que se dirigen a diversos patógenos como el VIH-1 y el SARS-CoV-2. Estos anticuerpos naturales se originan a partir de poblaciones específicas de células B, ofreciendo nuevos conocimientos sobre las respuestas inmunes.

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