Antigens

Question 1

What are antigens

Answer 1

Molecules that that can evoke an immune response

Question 2

What can antigens be?

Answer 2

be proteins, polysaccharides, glycoproteins, or glycolipids

Question 3

What does the body make before birth?.

Answer 3

makes an inventory of “self” antigens

Question 4

What is Immune response is directed against

Answer 4

“nonself” molecules, which are usually large and complex foreign molecules

Question 5

What do haptens do?

Answer 5

, combine with larger molecules and become antigenic