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Effector heterogeneity is influenced by several factors. While some effectors progress to a terminally differentiated state, the rapid kinetics of the effector-to-memory transition upon resolution of a primary immune response enables a great deal of heterogeneity to be retained in the memory phase. APC, antigen-presenting cell; TCR, T-cell receptor.
