An antigen is a substance which causes the the body to produce a reaction of the adaptive immune system. Contact of the immune system to antigens results in the production of highly specific (antigen specific) antibodies.
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Minimum size for a peptide/protein to be immunogenic in human?
What is the minimum size for an (injected) peptide/protein to cause immunogenic response in human?
A reference is very helpful, as well.
Thanks in advance
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What happens to the molecules of the pathogens after phagocytosis?
For example, what happens when a bacterium gets digested by a macrophage? I suppose that the macrophage produces the presented antigen from leftovers from the digested bacterial particles. What happens to the rest of the bacterium? Can the molecules…
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Are antibodies and hepatitis viruses of similar adaptability?
Antibodies and Hepatitis viruses both have hypervariable regions.
Is one more adaptable than the other?
Precisely how adaptable are they?
I have read that antibodies can be trained to bind to almost any antigen, is the same true for Hepatitis?…
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