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SEQUESTERED ANTIGEN [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

(Anyone of) the cellular constituents of tissue (e.g., lens of the eye, the thyroid, etc.) sequestered anatomically from the lymphoreticular system during embryonic development and thus thought not to be recognized as "self". Should such tissue be exposed to the lympho-reticular system during adult life, an autoimmune response would be elicited.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie

Spanish

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