Direct effects of antibodies include (select all that apply):
A) Neutralization
B) Agglutination
C) Precipitation
D) Phagocytosis
E) Division

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Directly,antibodies can affect infectious agents or their toxic products by neutralization (inactivating or blocking the binding of antigen to receptors),agglutination (clumping insoluble particles that are in suspension),or precipitation (making a soluble antigen into an insoluble precipitate).Indirectly,antibodies activate components of innate resistance,including complement and phagocytes.Antibodies are generally a mixed population of classes,specificities,and capacity to provide the functions listed above.

Direct Effects of Antibodies Include (Select All That Apply)