Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

menooby OP t1_j4diqcm wrote

Thank you but does the body know if an Antibody has binded to its target? Or does it just hope it does

1

123frogman246 t1_j4h81iz wrote

Yes, if an antibody on the surface of a B-cell binds to the target, then the B-cell will proliferate and attract other immune cells to it to respond to the disease. If it's an antibody that's been secreted, then there are immune cells monitoring the body, looking out for them, and the immune cells will then find them and respond appropriately.

In general (in a healthy individual), the immune is brilliant at knowing when to respond and when not to - T cells and B cells develop in lymph nodes/follicles in your body and go through both negative and positive selection steps - so they bind to foreign substances (ie diseases) but don't respond to your own body (ie they don't attack your own cells).

1