Medical Definition of Iccosome
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| Immune complex coated bodies formed when antigen is injected into an immune animal and found in follicular dendritic cells. May serve as a reservoir of antigen to maintain B-cell memory.
Origin: Gr. Soma = body
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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