How do we have antibodies against other blood types?
The immune system forms antibodies against whichever ABO blood group antigens are not found on the individual’s RBCs. Thus, a group A individual will have anti-B antibodies and a group B individual will have anti-A antibodies.
Can your blood type protect you from Covid?
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Why do blood type A have B antibodies?
Blood group B has B antigens with anti-A antibodies in the plasma. Blood group A has A antigens on the red blood cells with anti-B antibodies in the plasma. This combination of antigens and antibodies determine which blood type you can be safely given for medical purposes.
Why do people of blood group O not have antigens A and B?
Hence people of blood group O, lacking blood-group antigens A and B, will not have become tolerant to them, and will have antibody-producing cells capable of producing antibodies against them, should they encounter them in an incorrect blood transfusion.
How does blood type vary among people?
However, blood does vary among people in two critical respects: the presence or absence of antigens and the presence or absence of a protein called “Rh factor” on the red blood cells. An individual has blood of one of the four eight resulting categories, or “blood types,” for the duration of his or her lifetime.
Does blood type AB have antigens or antibodies?
→ Blood type AB has neither Anti-A antibodies, nor Anti-B antibodies circulating in their blood. Similarly, an individual with type B blood has pre-formed anti-A antibodies. Individuals with type AB blood, which has both antigens, do not have preformed antibodies to either of these.
Can you produce antibodies against your own antigens?
Seeing as you can’t produce an antibody against your own antigen (except in rare circumstances), you always produce the opposite antibody to what antigen you have. I hope some of that makes sense.