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4 July, 09:11

Explain the following statement "the essence of the immune system is the ability to recognize 'self' from 'non-self'."

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  1. 4 July, 09:24
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    "the essence of the immune system is the ability to recognize 'self' from 'nonself'."Immunotolerance

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    The ability of an immune system to recognize self and non-self antigens. This is an important feature that enables the immune system to avoid auto-attacking self tissues thus preventing autoimmunity. The immune system has the ability to recognize self from non-self.

    The immune system is self tolerant during lymphocyte development and T regulatory cells (Tregs) are critical in the maintenance of auto-tolerance.
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