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Mention about functions of an antibody.

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Antibodies have several mechanisms by which they act in body. To combat pathogens which are replicated outside cells, antibodies bind to pathogens to link them together. These cause them to agglutinate. So, by coating the pathogen, antibodies stimulate effector functions against pathogen.
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