In immunology, anergy is a state of unresponsiveness to an antigen, seen when T cells and B cells cannot respond to their specific antigens under optimal stimulation conditions.
En inmunología, la anergia es un estado de falta de respuesta a un antígeno, visible en la incapacidad de las células T y B para responder a sus antígenos específicos bajo condiciones de estimulación óptimas.
| Front | A state of nonresponsiveness to antigen. People are said to be in this state when they cannot mount delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions to a test antigen, whereas T cells and B cells are said to be in this state when they cannot respond to their specific antigen under optimal conditions of stimulation |
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| Back | anergy |
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