Structured Summary
Abstract
The class of heavy chains found in IMMUNOGLOBULIN E. They have a molecular weight of approximately 72 kDa and they contain about 550 amino acid residues arranged in five domains and about three times more carbohydrate than the heavy chains of IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; and IMMUNOGLOBULIN G.
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- Ig epsilon Chains
- Immunoglobulin epsilon-Chain
- Immunoglobulins, epsilon-Chain
- epsilon-Chain Immunoglobulins
- epsilon-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
- epsilon-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Chains, Ig epsilon
- Heavy Chain, epsilon-Immunoglobulin
- Heavy Chains, epsilon-Immunoglobulin
- Immunoglobulin epsilon Chain
- Immunoglobulin epsilon Chains
- Immunoglobulins, epsilon Chain
- epsilon Chain Immunoglobulins
- epsilon Chains, Ig
- epsilon Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
- epsilon Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- epsilon-Chain, Immunoglobulin
- epsilon-Chains, Immunoglobulin
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemistry, classification, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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gammopathy: coordinate IMMUNOGLOBULIN EPSILON-CHAINS (IM) with PARAPROTEINEMIAS (IM) but consider also HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (IM) or HEAVY CHAIN DISEASE (IM), follow text; DF: IG EPSILON CHAIN
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2006 (1976)
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Previous Indexing
- IgE (1973-1975)
- Immunoglobulin Fragments (1973-1975)
- Immunoglobulins, Heavy Chain (1975)
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- National Library of Medicine. Immunoglobulin epsilon-Chains. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007139. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007139
- Immunoglobulin epsilon-Chains. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76742255