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An introduction to the immune network

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In this paper, after a telegraphic introduction to modern immunology, we present a simple model for the idiotypic network among antibodies and we study its relevance for the maintenance of immunological memory. We also consider the problem of computing the memory capacity of such a model.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma I, «La Sapienza» INFN, Sezione ROMA I, Piazzale A. Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italia

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Parisi, G. An introduction to the immune network. Nuov Cim A 107, 1175–1182 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730864

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