May 2006: Homeland Security Digitial Library

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Homeland security: IgA immunity at the frontiers of the body

IgA is the most abundant immunoglobulin produced in mammals, and is mostly secreted across mucous membranes. At these frontiers, which are constantly assaulted by pathogenic and commensal microbes, IgA provides part of a layered system of immune protection. In this review, we describe how IgA induction occurs through both T-dependent and T-independent mechanisms, and how IgA is generated against the prodigious load of commensal microbes after mucosal dendritic cells (DCs) have sampled a tiny fraction of the microbial consortia in the intestinal lumen. To function in this hostile environment, IgA must be induced behind the 'firewall' of the mesenteric lymph nodes to generate responses that integrate microbial stimuli, rather than the classical prime-boost effects characteristic of systemic immunity.

Coordinated information sharing and homeland security : hearing before the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, June 7, 2002.

"Serial no. 107-182."

Department of Homeland Security appropriations for 2012 : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session /

Shipping list number: 2011-0293-P (pt. 1A, 1B), 2011-0295-P (pt. 1C), 2011-0385-P (pt. 2), 2011-0463-P (pt. 3), 2012-0013-P (pt. 4).

To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances : report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate to accompany S. 692, to provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances.

"October 5, 2009."

Redefining homeland security /

"... the Army War College (USAWC) and the Reserve Officers Association (ROA) hosted...."

Hearing to examine the joint performance of APHIS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and CBP, U.S. Department of Homeland Security in protecting U.S. agriculture from foreign pests and diseases : hearing before the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, Wednesday, October 3, 2007.

"Serial no. 110-29."

Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 : report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 572 to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to give additional biosecurity responsibilities to the Department of Homeland Security.

"December 15, 2005."