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Immunological Memory Cells

Antigen-specific immunologic cells which have a potential to form IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY providing a rapid and robust response against a second encounter with the same antigen. Immunologic memory cells typically include B-Lymphocytes T-Lymphocytes and sometimes adaptive NK cells. Building immunologic memory cells is a basis of how a vaccine affords immunity to a specific pathogen.

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Antigen-specific immunologic cells which have a potential to form IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY providing a rapid and robust response against a second encounter with the same antigen. Immunologic memory cells typically include B-Lymphocytes T-Lymphocytes and sometimes adaptive NK cells. Building immunologic memory cells is a basis of how a vaccine affords immunity to a specific pathogen.

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  • Immunologic Memory Cells
  • Memory Cells, Immunologic
  • Memory Cells, Immunological
  • Immunologic Memory Cell
  • Immunological Memory Cell
  • Memory Cell, Immunologic
  • Memory Cell, Immunological

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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2022

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  • Lymphocytes (1969-2021)

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  1. A11w.118w.637w.555w.567w.269

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Immunological Memory Cells. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091244. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091244
  2. Immunological Memory Cells. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55842313