Sentences with phrase «specialized type of immune cells»
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In their latest work, reported online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the scientists analyzed blood from such mice and identified two types of autoimmune response directed specifically against the protein, with the first response directed by a specialized kind of immune system cells called T cells and the second by antibodies.
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The thymus is the small organ in the lymphatic system that makes T - cells, [29] which are highly specialized immune cells that target specific types and strains of microbes, like viruses.
Lymphocytes and plasma cells (specialized types of white blood cells) produce an immune response through production of antibodies.