Antigen Presenting Cell (APC) at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Antigen Presenting Cell (APC)? A cell that recognizes an antigen to be neutralized, processes it, and incorporates the resulting peptides into the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on the cell surface. The resulting MHC-peptide complexes are then presented to T-lymphocyt

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