This test checks the amount of certain antibodies called immunoglobulins in your body. Antibodies are proteins that your immune cells make to fight off bacteria, viruses, and other harmful invaders.

Monoclonal means that all copies of the protein, in this case, an antibody or part of an antibody, are exactly the same. You may also hear your doctor call them monoclonal immunoglobulin ...

A novel immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) drug cut proteinuria in half, according to interim findings from the ongoing ...

Otsuka's investigational antibody sibeprenlimab approximately halved levels of this key biomarker in patients with ...

In myeloma, the M proteins can be made up of one type of heavy chain and one type of light chain. The heavy chains are: immunoglobulin A (IgA) immunoglobulin M (IgM) immunoglobulin E (IgD ...

“However, in most cases, multiple myeloma conve­niently makes those immunoglobulin proteins that circulate in the blood,” he says. “We can measure those proteins and that enables us to track the ...

Biotechnology company GlycoEra has closed an oversubscribed Series B financing round, raising $130m, to support the progression of its lead immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-targeted protein degrader through ...

Protein interactions are central to a diverse array of biological processes, but these are typically highly complex and involve the binding of multivalent ligands to several binding sites.

NICE reversed its earlier decision on sparsentan for treating primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy after additional evidence ...