Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The immune function is aided by two different kinds of white blood cells. The “B cells” develop in the bone marrow and produce antibodies. “T cells”, they develop in a small organ called the thymus gland. T cells are activated when dendritic cells, also known as antigen presenting cells, present the antigen to the T-cells.

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