A role for antigen in the maintenance of immunological memory

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作者
Gray, D [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Ashworth Labs, Inst Cell Anim & Populat Biol, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Midlothian, Scotland
基金
英国惠康基金; 英国医学研究理事会;
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10.1038/nri706
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
The immune system has a memory that it exhibits in the enhanced and augmented responses the second time it meets an antigen. The memory is the result of a number of changes to the system brought about during the primary response. The most important of these changes is the formation of an expanded pool of antigen-specific memory cells. One of the enduring questions in immunology is how these memory cells are maintained for such long periods.
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