Antigenic variation: How pathogens control changes in their cell surface to evade the immune system
The immune system responds to an infection by producing antibodies that recognize and bind to the cell surface of the pathogen, thus marking it as an intruder and triggering an immune response. For ...
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How Trypanosomes Alter Their Antigen Expression To Evade the Immune System
The immune system responds to an infection by producing antibodies ... Until now, little was known about the mechanisms behind these changes in antigen expression. This gap in our knowledge has been ...