"Secretory Component" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The extracellular moiety of the POLYMERIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR found alone or complexed with IGA or IGM, in a variety of external secretions (tears, bile, colostrum.) Secretory component is derived by proteolytic cleavage of the receptor during transcytosis. When immunoglobulins IgA and IgM are bound to the receptor, during their transcytosis secretory component becomes covalently attached to them generating SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN A or secretory IMMUNOGLOBULIN M.
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D012635
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D12.776.124.486.485.114.619.026.030.500 D12.776.124.486.485.705.875 D12.776.124.790.651.114.619.026.030.500 D12.776.124.790.651.705.875 D12.776.377.715.548.114.619.026.030.500 D12.776.377.715.548.705.875
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