Immunology

Immunology is the study of the immune system, which defends the body against foreign intrusion by pathogens . (right - colorized scanning el...

Activation of cells of the immune system variably induces proliferation , differentiation , production , and maturation . Some activated ce...

Affinity maturation is a process of affinity-selected differentiation of activated B cells . Repeated exposures to the same antigen prov...

Anergy (immunologic tolerance) refers to the failure to mount a full immune response against a target. Anergy toward self-targets operates...

Antibodies are glycoproteins of the immunoglobulin superfamily, and are adhesion - signaling molecules that recognize (bind to) specific ...

An antigen is any molecule that stimulates an immune response . Most antigens are proteins or polysaccharides , though small molecules cou...