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Guide to Immune Response
The body must protect itself from foreign invaders by invoking immune response. The humoral immune system and the cell-mediated immune system work as a team to foil invaders. Cells developed in the bone marrow (B-cells), when exposed to a destructive antigen produced by an invader, produce antibodies that mark or identify that antigen for destruction by T-cells, formed as part of the cell-mediated immune system. These cells though begun in the bone marrow, are finished by the thymus—hence the name T-cells. There is much information to learn, not only concerning the immune systems, but also the antibody varieties produced! Consider informative articles on immune response written by your Bright Hub contributors.
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T Cell Development and Function
This second part of a series about different arms of the immune response looks at T cell development and the function of the various types of T cells.... |
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Innate and Adaptive Immunity
This first part of a series about different arms of the immune response looks at the innate and adaptive immune responses.... |
| Cell-Mediated Immunity
This third part of a series about different arms of the immune response looks at the cell-mediated immune response.... |
Types and Functions of Antibodies in Humans
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