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Photo: Pixabay Symbolic representation of the coronavirus - Test subjects who That is the finding of a 45-person study by researchers in the Department of Biology at Universität Hamburg in cooperation with the University of Tübingen. The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports. Secretory immunoglobulin A (slgA) in our saliva is the most important antibody for fighting respiratory pathogens. It is formed by plasma cells and it binds antigens and prevents them from bonding to epithelial cells. In this way, slgA contributes significantly to our immunity. Earlier studies have already revealed a link in our saliva between a high concentration of the slgA specific to the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2-specific slgA) and asymptomatic COVID-19 infections, indicating slgA's protective role in fighting SARS-CoV-2. In light of these functions, SARS-CoV-2-specific slgA might also have a neutralizing effect for SARS-CoV-2 in our bodies.
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