Peripheral lymphoid organs, which include the lymph nodes, the spleen, and the mucosal lymphoid tissues, are specialized to trap antigen, initiate adaptive immune responses, and provide signals that sustain recirculating lymphocytes.

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• Person: Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M Organization: Garland Science
  The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH

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• The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M · Garland Science via serper

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• lymphocyte concept
• lymph node concept
• adaptive immune system concept
• antigen concept
• spleen concept
• peripheral lymphoid organs concept