1. The mechanism by which foreign antigens are presented to T lymphocytes is central to the whole of immunology. 2. This pattern of expression reflects their role in foreign antigen processing and recognition by T cells. 3. None of us attack the food we eat, rife with foreign antigens as it is. 4. That attack often involves creating a molecule called an antibody designed specifically to fit the unique shape of the foreign antigen. 5. Unanue then showed that the foreign antigens are peptides. |
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