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The concept that proteins can enter cells whole is a difficult one. Yet the model situations whereby this process may be studied have been known and investigated for many years. Those situations arise through the specialization required to transfer immunoglobulins synthesized by the mother to the circulation of the fetus or newborn animal, that is in the transmission of passive immunity to the young. This always entails the protein crossing a continuous cellular barrier, in the placenta or fetal membranes, or in the intestinal epithelium.
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Hemmings, W.A. (1978). Introduction. In: Hemmings, W.A. (eds) Antigen Absorption by the Gut. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6609-6_1
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