Publication: HLA in the Immune Response
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Date
2012
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Publisher
Kuala Lumpur: Institute for Medical Research
Abstract
When foreign antigen gains entry into the bod several important changes may by initiated , collectively known as the immune response , which result in the
elimination of the alien antigen A remarkable feature of this phenomenon is the ability of the adult mammal to distinguish between its own antigens ( known as self antigen) and those external or foreign origin ( known as non self antigens) This means that as a general rule, antibody is selectively produced in response to foreign substances yet it is not produced to antigens that are recognized as "self
Description
26 pages: illustrations 31cm
Keywords
Dissertations Academic--Malaysia, Histocompatibility testing--Dissertations, Major histocompatibility complex--Dissertations, Major Histocompatibility Complex--immunology