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What do antibodies attach to on the pathogen

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Neutralizing pathogens or changed cells is one of the most important tasks of antibodies. To do this, they attach directly to the surface of a virus or bacterium and stop the pathogen from attaching itself to a normal body cell and infecting it. Or the antibody binds to toxins produced by bacteria.

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Antigen

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Antigens are present on the outside of the pathogen and trigger the immune system response to send out antibodies, which attach to these antigen structures.

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