A pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell gives rise to lymphocytes responsible for adaptive immunity, as well as myeloid lineages that participate in both innate and adaptive immunity.

Authors

• 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

Referenced by nodes (3)

• lymphocyte concept
• adaptive immune system concept
• hematopoietic stem cells concept