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Frontiers in Nephrology
18 Jul 2007
Abstract excerpt
Immunologic memory, or the ability to respond more rapidly and effectively to the previously encountered pathogens, represents a fundamental feature of the adaptive immune system. Such memory functions are carried out by subsets of specialized memory cells that are long-lived as a population. Although memory cells are important constituents of protective immunity, the enhanced host protection turns into a...
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