Number of Immunoglobulin G molecules in 1 ml of serum

2015-01-13

Number of Immunoglobulin G molecules in 1 ml of serum

Number of Immunoglobulin G molecules in 1 ml of serum

about 4E16
http://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?s=n&id=104770&ver=6
Morell, Skvarill and Barandun (1976) Clinical immunobiology, Academic press NY pp 37-56

Serum levels of immunoglobulins
-1090 mg/dl for IgG
-number of antibodies per mL of sera: (1090*"mg"/(1*"dL"))*((10*"dL")/(1*"L"))*((1*"L")/(1000*"mL"))*((1*"g")/(1090*"mg"))*((1*"mol")/(150000*"g"))*(6.02E23*"molecules"/(1*"mol"))=4.01E16 molecules/mL
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-Serum levels of immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA, IgM) in a general adult population and their relationship with alcohol consumption, smoking and common metabolic abnormalities
-http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2276914/
-this is a nice paper because it looks at antibody levels of smokers, alcoholics, obese people, etc.
-table 1 on page 4 (Serum immunoglobulin (Ig) levels in relation to sex, alcohol consumption, and smoking.)