Antibodies and Antigens
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- Created on: 10-01-13 14:12
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- Antibodies and Antigens
- Antigens
- Glycoproteins protruding from the surface of the cell
- Stimulate the production of antibodies
- Recognised by WBCs in specific response to infection
- Can be toxins produced by pathogens
- Only identical twins have same antigens
- Antibodies
- Proteins that binds to antigents on certain pathogens destroying them
- Plasma cells secrete antibodies
- Cause pathogens to agglutinate/clump together stopping spread
- Antibody-antigen complex makes it easier for phagocytes to digest them
- Complex can stimulaterelease of histamine to cause inflammation
- Antigens
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