A new synthesis for antibody-mediated immunity

作者：Casadevall Arturo^*; Pirofski Liise Anne

来源：Nature Immunology, 2012, 13(1): 21-28.

DOI：10.1038/ni.2184

The view that immunoglobulins function largely by potentiating neutralization, cytotoxicity or phagocytosis is being replaced by a new synthesis whereby antibodies participate in all aspects of the immune response, from protecting the host at the earliest time of encounter with a microbe to later challenges. Perhaps the most transformative concept is that immunoglobulins manifest emergent properties, from their structure and function as individual molecules to their interactions with microbial targets and the host immune system. Given that emergent properties are neither reducible to first principles nor predictable, there is a need for new conceptual approaches for understanding antibody function and mechanisms of antibody immunity.

• 出版日期2012-1