NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -IgM is the first antibody secreted by the adaptive immune system in response to a foreign antigen. Monomeric IgM is a heterotetramer of approximately 180 kDa. However, the secreted form of IgM exists predominantly in a pentameric configuration with a molecular weight greater than 900 kDa.

Detailed explanation-2: -IgG can take time to form after an infection or immunization. Immunoglobulin M (IgM): Found mainly in blood and lymph fluid, this is the first antibody the body makes when it fights a new infection.

Detailed explanation-3: -IgM is the first class of immunoglobulin made by B cells as they mature, and it is the form most commonly present as the antigen receptor on the B-cell surface. When IgM is secreted from the cells, five of the basic Y-shaped units become joined together to make a large pentamer molecule with 10 antigen-binding sites.

Detailed explanation-4: -IgM, previously known as -macroglobulin, exists as a variable size polymer of identical subunits. Each subunit (monomer) displays a molecular weight of 180 kDa and a sedimentation rate of 7.8 S.