What Defenses Does The Digestive System Have Against Pathogens?
Antibodies
Antibodies are specialized fighter proteins that your body produces in response to specific antigens. The two are attracted to each other, linking up like puzzle pieces, so that the antibody can destroy the antigen. Antibodies kill antigens in several ways, including:
- making them clump together so they can't move; macrophages, a type of white blood cell, can then swallow them up
- punching holes in them so their insides leak out and they die
- locking up with them and attracting immune...
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