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... lessons... But how this decision then is made I don't know. I'd guess that plasma cells producing Antibodies with extremly strong affinity to the antigen might be selected to be memory cells. Maybe through longterm binding to APCs and simultanous licencing through T helper cells?! But it's just ...

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I have a question about developing active immunity. Upon recognizing some antigen, B cells are stimulated to divide into either plasma cells or memory cells. My question is how Memory cells are 'chosen' for the job. I understand that they're clones by process, ...

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... out the gene that makes the antibody?...I know they are companies online that can produce a specific antibody from injecting a mammal with an antigen. I think I can get 20uL for a cost. I assume I derive the DNA sequence from this, thus allowing me to create the gene.....right?..through an ...

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... immune system has many components (located on the cell surface or secreted into plasma, for example), but in general they target such pathogenic antigens/structures that are common to microbes but not present in the host body. This way the receptors that recognize these can be assembled straight ...

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... about differentiation in general. Do cells actively divide during the differentiation process? I mean, when a progenitor cell is activated (by antigen or some other stimuli), do they keep dividing during the various stages of differentiation? I would appreciate help on this. If you know of ...

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