Sentences with phrase «role as antigen»
The main mechanism includes phagocytosis of macrophages which play a critical role in nonspecific defense (innate immunity) and, moreover; they have a role as antigen presenters which also help initiate specific defense mechanisms (adaptive immunity) by recruiting other immune cells such as lymphocytes.
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A protective antigen is logically defined as «something that is a bearer of some Brucella protective antigen role».
They could potentially play a role in the event of a pandemic, in this case by «antigen sparing», allowing efficacy with lower doses of the influenza antigen — thereby allowing faster production of more doses of the vaccine as early as possible in the pandemic.
His team uncovered a genetic element known as a silencer that plays a crucial role in shaping the molecular identity of CD4 cells, as well as the immunological signaling pathways in which CD4 and CD8 molecules participate along with the T cell antigen receptor.