When antibodies tag a germ, immune cells that show antigens to killer T cells do a much better job of it than if the germ was just floating around without tags.

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Fc Gamma Receptors and Their Role in Antigen Uptake, Presentation, and T Cell Activation

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This study says that when antibodies stick to germs, immune cells grab them more efficiently and process them in a way that helps activate killer T cells—better than if the germs were just floating around unattached.

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Fc Gamma Receptors and Their Role in Antigen Uptake, Presentation, and T Cell Activation

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DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01393

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Certain receptors on immune cells grab onto antibodies attached to germs, helping the cells swallow them up so they can be broken down and shown to other immune cells.

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One type of receptor (FcγRIIB) can also swallow antibody-tagged germs, but it doesn’t turn on the immune system as strongly — it needs 30 times more germs to get the same effect as the activating receptors.

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