Researchers discover trigger to early, effective antibody response
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered a trigger that induces B cells to produce effective and long-lived antibodies early in the immune response. They found that a molecule that binds toll-like receptors (TLR) doubles the early antibody response to an antigen, and shifts it to a more effective, IgG form.