Vaccine25(2007)5467–5484ReviewInductionofsecretoryimmunityandmemoryatmucosalsurfacesPerBrandtzaeg∗LaboratoryforImmunohistochemistryandImmunopathology(LIIPAT),InstituteandDepartmentofPathology,UniversityofOslo,Rikshospitalet-RadiumhospitaletMedicalCentre,N-0027Oslo,NorwayReceived28August2006;receivedinrevisedform8November2006;accepted1December2006Availableonline15December2006AbstractMucosalepitheliacompriseanextensivevulnerablebarrierwhichisreinforcedbynumerousinnatedefencemechanismscooperatingintimatelywithadaptiveimmunity
LocalgenerationofsecretoryIgA(SIgA)constitutesthelargesthumoralimmunesystemofthebody
Secretoryantibodiesfunctionbothbyperformingantigenexclusionatmucosalsurfacesandbyvirusandendotoxinneutralizationwithinepithelialcellswithoutcausingtissuedamage
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