Secretory Component

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SC
Pronunciation
/sɪˈkriːtərɪ kəmˈpoʊnənt/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Secretory Component(SC), Goat anti-Human, Biotin.
  2. Secretory component ( SC ) is not only an important component of sIgA, but also a specific receptor of IgA, which can transport IgA into secretion.
  3. The presence of secretory component ( SC ) improves the stability of SIgA and enables SIgA to resist acid and protease degradation. A study showed that the SIgA can exist in human exocrine ducts more than four months.
  4. Secretory component ( secretory component, SC ) is the extracellular part of poly-immunoglobulin receptor ( polymeric Ig receptor, pIgR ), which is mainly responsible for pIgA transportation and SIgA formation. SIgA plays an important role in the maintenance of intestinal mucosal immunity homeostasis.
  5. Purification of human colostrum secretory component, preparation of rabbit anti-human SC sera and its application

Other meanings of SC