�ber die F�higkeit des menschlichen Fetus zur Immunglobulinsynthese

✍ Scribed by Rossipal, E.

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1972
• Weight: 527 KB
• Volume: 112
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-2917
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00443505

✦ Synopsis

The ability of the human fetus to synthesize IgM and IgA was studied in 7 cases with intrauterine infections. The findings are indicative, that the ability of the fetus at the end of gestation to form IgM is comparable with that of an infant several months old, whereas IgA can be produced by the fetus only in small amounts. Our results suggest that the maturation of the IgA producing system starts in the second week of life. From the third month of life onwards an infant seems capable of producing with, by appropriate antigen stimulation, the same amount of IgA as an infant in the second half of the first year.