How self-reactive immune cells are allowed to develop
Published 13 November 2019 Joan Yuan (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body’s own substances,
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