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37.   T cells recognize antigens by binding to _______ proteins on an antigen presenting cell such as a dendritic cell.  This process is known as ____________ selection.  If T cells fail to recognize this protein, they die by a process known as ____________. 


38.   If a T cell recognizes this protein (the one mentioned above), it is then tested for recognition of ___________________ the body’s own antigens.  This process is known as _________________ selection.  Immature T cells that do not recognize the body’s own antigens are called __________________ and allowed to mature.
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In infection:
1.foreign pathogen enters the body
2.Specific cells Rightwards Arrow antigen-presenting cells (APCs) engulf the pathogen Rightwards Arrow phagocytosis.
3.   Proteins from the pathogen are digested into small pieces (peptides) and loaded onto HLA antigens
a.   They are then displayed by the antigen-presenting cells to T cells
b.   Infected cells can be recognized and destroyed by T cells.
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