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ACCORDING to many authors1–4, the secondary immunological response should consist of responses of cells endowed with immunological memory (Y cells in the scheme of Sercarz and Coons3) acquired during contact with antigen administered in the previous immunization, and of cells which had come into contact with the antigen for the first time (X and Z cells according to Sercarz and Coons).
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HALASA, J. Role of X, Y and Z Cells in Secondary Immunological Response. Nature 217, 859–860 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217859a0
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