adaptive immune response (Q12106)
		
		
		
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An immune response mediated by cells expressing specific receptors for antigen produced through a somatic diversification process, and allowing for an enhanced secondary response to subsequent exposures to the same antigen (immunological memory).
- GO:0002250
 - acquired immune response
 - immune memory response
 
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as | 
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| English | adaptive immune response  | 
An immune response mediated by cells expressing specific receptors for antigen produced through a somatic diversification process, and allowing for an enhanced secondary response to subsequent exposures to the same antigen (immunological memory).  | 
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