Immunological memory.
Most of the antigen-specific T and B cells participating in the primary immune response are rapidly eliminated, but some of the cells survive and become long-lived memory cells. There have been a number of recent developments on the features and functions of memory cells.
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Department of Immunology, IMM4, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. jsprent@scripps.edu
D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*