Antigen
ANTIGENS Compiled by: Zenisha Acharya Sadhana Khanal Christina Khadka Nirmala Joshi Sandesh Dhakal Central Department of Microbiology Kirtipur, Kathmandu Antigenicity and Antigens • Antigenicity is the ability to combine specifically with the final products of the adaptive immune responses (antibodies and/or TCRs) • Substances that can be recognized by the immunoglobulin receptor of B cells or by the T cell receptor when complexed with MHC, are called antigens Immunogenicity and Immunogens • Immunogenicity is the ability to induce a humoral and/or cell ...