See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Secretory(medicine)
IgA, secretory(medicine)
secretory(dictionary)
secretory immunoglobulin(medicine)
secretory immunoglobulin A(medicine)
secretory duct(medicine)
secretory cyst(medicine)
secretory component(medicine)
secretory component of IgA(medicine)

IgA, secretory (medicine)


IgA, secretory


The principle ig found in exocrine secretions such as milk, respiratory and intestinal mucin, saliva and tears. It is composed of two to four molecules of 7s IgA and one molecule each of j chain and secretory component (sc), also called secretory piece. Molecular weight appr. 400,000.