Antigen processing and presentation is the mechanism by which whole antigens are degraded and loaded onto MHC molecules for display on the cell surface for recognition by T cells. Both macrophages ...

Recognition of specific antigen through the B-cell receptor (BCR) stimulates the activation of B cells, which ultimately results in the production of high-affinity antibodies and the provision of ...

The paper is titled "Neoself-antigens are the primary target for autoreactive T cells in human lupus." Autoimmune diseases develop when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own tissues ...

A team of biomolecular engineers, pathologists, and internal medicine specialists at the University of Texas Medical Branch, ...

When protein antigens are injected into the small intestine of wild-type mice, they are passed to dendritic cells in the Peyer's patches; similar experiments in M-cell-deficient mice result in ...