In article <5he7kj$cdf at boursy.news.erols.com>, melboon
<mhance at pop.erols.com> wrote:
> This may be a pitifully basic question, but what I'd like to know is what
> accounts for the differences among individuals in a population to their
> responses to the same antigen? Is it due to differing levels of
> leukocytes, or are there just wide variances in leukocyte repertoires
> amongst individuals, or cytokine production differences, or all of the
> above? Any help is sincerely appreciated. MHance at erol's.com
First answer: all of the above - and you forgot the MHC
Second one: nobody really knows!
Guy
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