Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 33, 147-150 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2006015

Antibodies production and the maintenance of the immunological memory

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária – EMBRAPA, Brasilia/DF 70770-901, Brazil
Centro Regional VI, Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul – UERGS, Porto Alegre 90010-030, Brazil
Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Porto Alegre 90040-060, Brazil

Corresponding author: acastro@cppsul.embrapa.br

Received: 10 July 2005
Accepted: 18 November 2005
Published online: 8 February 2006

Abstract

In this work we have considered the R. Nayak et al. [Immunology 102, 387 (2001)] biological model – Relay Hypothesis – to study the time evolution of the clonal repertoire, including the populations of antibodies. Our results suggest that the decrease of the production of antibodies favors the global maintenance of immune memory.