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THE ORIGIN OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS IN SALIVARY SECRETION OF SHEEP
Author(s) -
Cripps AW,
Lascelles AK
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1976.19
Subject(s) - secretion , antibody , saliva , biology , immunology , endocrinology , biochemistry
Summary A comparative study was made on the secretion of IgG 1 and IgA into parotid and submaxillary saliva of sheep. The purpose of the study was to examine the suggestion that in the external secretory organs of ruminants there is an inverse relationship between the capacity to selectively transfer IgG 1 and the development of the IgA secretory system. Despite a marked difference in the secretion of IgA between the parotid and submaxillary salivary glands, the magnitude of selective transfer of IgG 1 was similar. Thus, there appears to be no relationship between the selective transfer of IgG 1 and the secretion of IgA into the saliva of sheep.