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Antigens and Antibodies - An Identifying Name Tag to Alert 10 Million Immune Soldiers Armed to Fight and Win Your Health War Within!

Antigens are large molecules (usually proteins) that act as "name tags" on the surface of cells, viruses, fungi, bacteria, and some non-living substances such as toxins, chemicals, drugs, and foreign particles and are considered "non-self" in the human body. The immune system recognizes antigens as a threat to health and produces antibodies that attempt to destroy substances containing antigens identified by immune cells as dangerous pathogens in the body that are "non-self," or not manufactured by the body. 

Some antigens, such as those on cancer cells, are much more difficult to recognize and if the immune response is suppressed,  the immune soldiers can fail to recognize and attack a dangerous antigen presentation as a threat and mistakenly identify a cell as safe "self" instead of a pathogen (non-self) dangerous to our health.  In the case of cancer cells, if not attacked, killed and removed immediately, a rapid multiplication of the cancer cells then becomes a major health threat.

A healthy immune response is essential and attained through good nutrition in diet, moderate exercise, adequate rest, reduced stress and natural supplementation with natural and safe substances such as MG Beta Glucan in NSC-24 Immunition Products.  The recognition capability of the immune response is of equal importance to the power and potency of the immune response because if your immune cells do not recognize the enemy as a threat to be attacked, the size of the army and power of the weapons is of little consequence in winning the war!

Certain immune cells, including macrophages, are designated as antigen presenting cells (apc's).  These cells ingest the antigens and literally present them for T cells to consume and begin what we call the immune cascade.  The Helper T cells then determine the proper immune response, including in many instances triggering the manufacture of antibodies by B cells.

If the immune cells, due to poor recognition capabilities, mistake a harmless allergen for a dangerous pathogen (virus, bacteria, fungi, etc.), an inappropriate allergic response results. Dietary supplements such as NSC-24 and NSC-100 MG Beta Glucan nutritionally and safely potentiate the macrophage and dendritic cells to enable an appropriate rather than inappropriate response, differentiating in most instances the harmless from the dangerous.

Some antibodies adhere to the surface of B cells, while others circulate throughout the body. When a circulating antibody attacks and grabs an antigen and its associated pathogen, the resulting combo-organism is called an antigen/antibody complex or immune complex. This complex is then engulfed by a phagocyte such as a macrophage, or filtered out of the blood by the immune system.

Antibodies can also attack antigens directly.  At any given time the body has 10 million antibody shapes carried on the surfaces of B cells ready to attack antigens in defense of the body. The following are the five main classes of antibodies:

• Immunoglobulin A (IgA) - these protect mucous membranes and are present in saliva, tears and other secretions.
• Immunoglobulin D (IgD) - rare and not tested due to no useful knowledge of function to date.
• Immunoglobulin E (IgE) - their presence in elevated levels in the blood can be an indication of allergic reactions including hay fever, eczema and asthma.
• Immunoglobulin G (IgG) - their presence is a sign of an ongoing or established infection
• Immunoglobulin M (IgM) - first antibody mobilized following an attack by a pathogen such as a virus, bacteria, fungus or toxin

When the immune response is suppressed due to illness, medication, poor diet, excessive stress, environmental toxins or other negative life style influences, a natural and nutritional immune potentiating supplement is required.  The MG Beta Glucan in NSC-24 IMMUNITION Products has been determined through peer-reviewed Medical School research to have "superior immune potentiation characteristics."  Discounted prices on all NSC-24 IMMUNITION Products are available 24/7 from the HWW Catalog.

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