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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2013 Dec 23;55(6):615–631. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12187

Figure 1. Key features and functions of the adaptive immune response.

Figure 1

Some key features of the adaptive immune response; see text for description. Circles represent cell types. Arrows indicate direct (one-headed) or bi-directional (double-headed) effects. Dashed lines indicate cell differentiation. Molecules above lines indicate catalyst for effect.

(Abbreviations: IL: interleukin; IFN-γ: interferon-γ; TGF: transforming growth factor; Ig: immunoglobulin; Th: T helper cells; Treg: T regulatory cell.)