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Gamma-globulins: quantitative relationships in human serum and nonvascular fluids.

W. B. Chodirker, +1 more
- 22 Nov 1963 - 
- Vol. 142, Iss: 3595, pp 1080-1081
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Though ylA-globulin is present in only small amounts in serum, it represents a major fraction of the gamma globulin of tears, bile, saliva, colostrum, and fluid of the small intestine.
Abstract
Three types of gamma-globulins, gamma(2), gamma(IA), and yim, are present in certain body fluids and secretions in proportions significantly different from those of normal human serum. A lthough ylA-globulin is present in only small amounts in serum, it represents a major fraction of the gamma globulin of tears, bile, saliva, colostrum, and fluid of the small intestine.

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Beta-2A-Globulin as a possible carrier of allergic reaginic activity.

TL;DR: Positive evidence has never been brought forward that β2A-globulin might be the essential carrier of reaginic activity, but this may be due to the fact that all skin-sensitizing preparations so far obtained contained appreciable amounts of γ- globulin.
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The relative transmission of the fractions of papain hydrolyzed homologous gamma-globulin from the uterine cavity to the foetal circulation in the rabbit.

TL;DR: It is suggested that fraction III, which contains most of the antigenic groups of the original molecules, also has the configuration recognized by the cells as homologous γ-globulin.
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The Structure, Function and Significance of the Immune Globulins*

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