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How IgA pass thru epithelial cells not other Igs????

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Dimeric IgA with J chain binds to the poly-Ig receptor on the basolateral surface of epithelial cell and is transcytosed to the apical surface. Here poly-Ig receptor is cleaved, fragment of it under the name of secretory component releases bound with IgA and protects it from proteolytic cleavage.

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  #3

Nice explanation......

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