immune destruction

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• immune elimination — the period of accelerated degradation of antigen (e.g., foreign gamma globulin) as a result of its removal and destruction by antibodies. Also, a technique for determining antibody response by measuring the rate of removal of labeled antigen from …   Medical dictionary

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• MHC class I — Schematic representation of MHC class I MHC class I molecules are one of two primary classes of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules (the other one being MHC class II) and are found on every nucleated cell of the body (and thus not on …   Wikipedia