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Immunological memory
1Department of Immunology, IMM4, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. jsprent@scripps.edu
Current Opinion in Immunology
|June 1, 1997
Most of the antigen-specific T and B cells participating in the primary immune response are rapidly eliminated, but some of the cells survive and become long-lived memory cells. There have been a number of recent developments on the features and functions of memory cells.
Most of the antigen-specific T and B cells participating in the primary immune response are rapidly eliminated, but some of the cells survive and become long-lived memory cells. There have been a number of recent developments on the features and functions of memory cells.