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These compartments do, however, exhibit varying degrees of interdependence, and it is therefore necessary to understand how such compartments function and interact, to ascertain the relative role of any antibody species in that immune response, and to appreciate how antibody-producing cells, and hence hybridomas, can be produced. * Anamnestic response: an antibody response (against a particular antigen) which is more powerful than expected, usually because the animal has already responded to a previous encounter with the antigen; the term is now generally applied to any secondary response, that is the antibody response that occurs after a second or subsequent encounter with an antigen.
The cycle could be complete after Id 2 , Id4, or (as shown) Id6. antibody against MAb may be produced (33). 6. 6. The B lymphocyte and antibody production The subset of lymphocytes which bear surface Ig-like molecules - the B (bursa-derived of birds; bone-marrow-derived of mammals) lymphocytes - are a heterogeneous population of cells subdivided depending on their specificity for antigens or the epitopes (antigenic determinants) of the antigens. Determinants on the antigen bind with particular B lymphocytes through the Ig-like 'receptors' on these cells.
This stimulation of the antigen-specific immune reactions by antigen presented on APC involves several cellular interactions and the use of a range of biomolecular growth-regulatory substances. Fig. 14 shows how these pathways are related. The suppressor 'circuits' are also shown to a limited degree, as they are a very important regulatory system which can be considered as antigen-specific. These circuits will be dealt with in more detail below. The figure shows that the APC will produce monokines (lymphocyte and growth regulatory factors).