Immune 63: Immune, promptly
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Is There a Specific Antibody That Is Only During Pregnancy?
During pregnancy, these antibodies are deacetylated. So they have sialic acids that come off the side of the fab region. During pregnancy, there's an increase in the enzyme that takes off. And so it's the interaction of the sialic acid with this CD22 that stimulates B cell production That does not happen when animal is not pregnant.
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