Specific antibodies are formed that can recognize and bind the antibody to result in adaptive…

Antigens are molecules that initiate the immune response and can be bound by antibodies. Antibodies…

The antigens present on the cells of the body are considered as self-antigens while the…

Clonal selection is a theory that attempts to explain why lymphocytes are able to respond…

Antigen presentation broadly consists of pathogen recognition, phagocytosis of the pathogen or its molecular components,…

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a collection of genes coding for MHC molecules found on the…

An antibody is formed of four polypeptide chains: two heavy and two light chains bound…

The key primary lymphoid organs of the immune system include the thymus and bone marrow,…

Adaptive immune system cells are the T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes cells that help in…

The innate immune system has specific cells whose job is to recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns.…