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T CELL
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A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTE, WHICH DEVELOPS FROM A STEM CELL PROCESSED IN THE THYMUS GLAND, THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY
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ARTIFICIALLY ACQUIRED ACTIVE IMMUNITY
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THE PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES BY THE BODY IN RESPONSE TO A VACCINATION
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IMMUNOTOXIN
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AN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT CONSISTING OF A POISON BOUND TO A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY
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ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELL-MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY (ADCC)
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THE KILLING OF ANTIBODY-COATED CELLS BY NATURAL KILLER CELLS AND PHAGOCYTES
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ACTIVATED MACROPHAGE
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A MACROPHAGE THAT HAS INCREASED PHAGOCYTIC ABILITY AND OTHER FUNCTIONS AFTER EXPOSURE TO MEDIATORS RELEASED BY T CELLS AFTER STIMULATION BY ANTIGENS
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GLOBULIN
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THE CLASS OF PROTEINS THAT INCLUDES ANTIBODIES
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CYTOTOXIC T (TC) CELLS
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A SPECIALIZED T CELL THAT DESTROYS INFECTED CELLS PRESENTING ANTIGENS
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CHEMOKINE
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A CYTOKINE THAT INDUCES, BY CHEMOTAXIS, THE MIGRATION OF LEUKOCYTES INTO INFECTED AREAS
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PRIMARY RESPONSE
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ANTIBODY PRODUCTION IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRST CONTACT WITH AN ANTIGEN
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SUPPRESSOR T CELLS (TS)
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A T CELL THAT IS THOUGHT TO END AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AFTER AN ANTIGEN IS NO LONGER PRESENT
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PLASMA CELL
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A CELL THAT AN ACTIVATED B CELL DIFFERENTIATES INTO; PLASMA CELLS MANUFACTURE SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES
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IgA
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THE CLASS OF ANTIBODIES FOUND IN SECRETIONS
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IgG
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THE MOST ABUNDANT CLASS OF ANTIBODIES IN SERUM
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IMMUNITY
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THE BODY'S DEFENSE AGAINST PARTICULAR PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; ALSO CALLED SPECIFIC RESISTANCE
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IMMUNE SERUM GLOBULIN
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THE SERUM FRACTION CONTAINING INMMUNOGLOBULINS (ANTIBODIES); ALSO CALLED GAMMA GLOBULIN
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ANTIBODY TITER
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THE AMOUNT OF ANTIBODY IN SERUM
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AGGLUTINATION
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A JOINING TOGETHER OR CLUMPING OF CELLS
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TARGET CELL
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AN INFECTED BODY CELL TO WHICH DEFENSIVE CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM BIND
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CYTOKINE
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A SMALL PROTEIN RELEASED FROM HUMAN CELLS IN RESPONSE TO BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY MAY INDUCE FEVER, PAIN, OR T-CELL PROLIFERATION
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NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELL
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A LYMPHOID CELL THAT DESTROYS TUMOR CELLS AND VIRUS-INFECTED CELLS
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MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY
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A SPECIFIC ANTIBODY PRODUCED IN VITRO BY A CLONE OF B CELLS HYBRIDIZED WITH CANCEROUS CELLS
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MEMORY RESPONSE
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A RAPID RISE IN ANTIBODY TITER FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO AN ANTIGEN AFTER THE PRIMARY RESPONSE TO THAT ANTIGEN; ALSO CALLED ANAMESTIC RESPONSE OR SECONDARY RESPONSE
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MONOMER
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A SMALL MOLECULE THAT COLLECTIVELY COMBINES TO FORM POLYMERS
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IMMUNOGLOBULIN (IG)
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A PROTEIN (ANTIBODY) FORMED IN RESPONSE TO AN ANTIGEN AND CAN REACT WITH THAT ANTIGEN
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MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC)
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THE GENES THAT CODE FOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; ALSO KNOWN AS HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN (HLA) COMPLEX
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ACQUIRED IMMUNITY
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THE ABILITY, OBTAINED DURING THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, TO PRODUCE SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES
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T-DEPENDENT ANTIGEN
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AN ANTIGEN THAT WILL STIMULATE THE FORMATION OF ANTIBODIES ONLY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HELPER T CELLS
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DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY T (TD) CELLS
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A SPECIALIZED T CELL THAT PRODUCES LYMPHOKINES IN TYPE IV HYPERSENSITIVITIES
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T-INDEPENDENT ANTIGEN
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AN ANTIGEN THAT WILL STIMULATE THE FORMATION OF ANTIBODIES WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF HELPER T CELLS
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ANTIGENIC DETERMINANT
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A SPECIFIC REGION ON THE SURFACE OF AN ANTIGEN AGAINST WHICH ANTIBODIES ARE FORMED; ALSO CALLED EPITOPE
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INTERLEUKIN
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A CHEMICAL THAT CAUSES T-CELL PROLIFERATION
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CHIMERIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY
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A GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANTIBODY MADE OF HUMAN CONSTANT REGIONS AND MOUSE VARIABLE REGIONS
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HAPTEN
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A SUBSTANCE OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT THAT DOES NOT CAUSE THE FORMATION OF ANTIBODIES BY ITSELF BUT DOES SO WHEN COMBINED WITH A CARRIER MOLECULE
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HUMORAL IMMUNITY
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IMMUNITY PRODUCED BY ANTIBODIES DISSOLVED IN BODY FLUIDS, MEDIATED BY B CELLS; ALSO CALLED ANTIBODY-MEDIATED IMMUNITY
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IgD
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THE CLASS OF ANTIBODIES FOUND ON B CELLS
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CLONAL SELECTION
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLONES OF B AND T CELLS AGAINST A SPECIFIC ANTIGEN
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SEROLOGY
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THE BRANCH OF IMMUNOLOGY THAT STUDIES BLOOD SERUM AND ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS IN VITRO
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LYSIS
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(1)DESTRUCTION OF A CELL BY THE RUPTURE OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CYTOPLASM (2) IN DISEASE, A GRADUAL PERIOD OF DECLINE
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VALENCE
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THE COMBINING CAPACITY OF AN ATOM OR A MOLECULE
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DENDRITIC CELL
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A TYPE OF ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL CHARACTERIZED BY A LONG FINGERLIKE EXTENSIONS; FOUND IN LYMPHATIC TISSUE AND SKIN
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ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX
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THE COMBINATION OF AN ANTIGEN WITH THE ANTIBODY THAT IS SPECIFIC FOR IT; THE BASIS OF IMMUNE PROTECTION AND MANY DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
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APOPTOSIS
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THE NATURAL PROGRAMMED DEATH OF A CELL; THE RESIDUAL FRAGMENTS ARE DISPOSED OF BY PHAGOCYTOSIS
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ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL (APC)
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A MACROPHAGE OR DENDRITIC CELL THAT ENGULFS AN ANTIGEN AND PRESENTS FRAGMENTS TO T CELLS
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STEM CELL
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A FETAL CELL THAT GIVES RISE TO RED BONE MARROW, BLOOD CELLS AND B AND T CELLS
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ANAMNESTIC RESPONSE
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MEMORY RESPONSE
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ANTIGEN-BINDING SITES
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A SITE ON AN ANTIBODY THAT BINDS TO AN ANTIGENIC DETERMINANT
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ARTIFICIALLY ACQUIRED PASSIVE IMMUNITY
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THE TRANSFER OF HUMORAL ANTIBODIES FORMED BY ONE INDIVIDUAL TO A SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUAL, ACCOMPLISHED BY THE INJECTION OF ANTISERUM
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ANTIGEN
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ANY SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES ANTIBODY FORMATION AND REACTS ONLY WITH ITS SPECIFIC ANTIBODY; ALSO CALLED IMMUNOGEN
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VACCINATION
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THE PROCESS OF CONFERRING IMMUNITY BY ADMINISTERING A VACCINE; ALSO CALLED IMMUNIZATION
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MEMORY CELLS
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A LONG-LIVED B OR T CELL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MEMORY, OR SECONDARY, RESPONSE
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VACCINE
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A PREPARATION OF KILLED, INACTIVATED, OR ATTENUATED MICROORGANISMS OR TOXOIDS TO INDUCE ARTIFICIALLY ACQUIRED ACTIVE IMMUNITY
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INFLAMMATION
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A HOST RESPONSE TO TISSUE DAMAGE CHARACTERIZED BY REDNESS, PAIN, HEAT, AND SWELLING; AND SOMETIMES LOSS OF FUNCTION
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NATURALLY ACQUIRED ACTIVE IMMUNITY
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ANTIBODY PRODUCTION IN RESPONSE TO AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
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ANTIBODY
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A PROTEIN PRODUCED BY THE BODY IN RESPONSE TO AN ANTIGEN, AND CAPABLE OF COMBINING SPECIFICALLY WITH THAT ANTIGEN
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CD (CLUSTER OF DETERMINATION)
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NUMBER ASSIGNED TO AN EPITOPE ON A SINGLE ANTIGEN, FOR EXAMPLE, CD4 PROTEIN, WHICH IS FOUND ON HELPER T CELLS
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ANTIGEN RECEPTORS
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AN ANTIBODY-LIKE MOLECULE ON B AND T CELLS THAT ENABLES THEM TO RECOGNIZE AND BIND TO THEIR SPECIFIC ANTIGEN
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HELPER T (TH) CELL
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A SPECIALIZED T CELL THAT OFTEN INTERACTS WITH AN ANTIGEN BEFORE B CELLS INTERACT WITH THE ANTIGEN
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NATURALLY ACQUIRED PASSIVE IMMUNITY
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THE NATURAL TRANSFER OF HUMORAL ANTIBODIES, FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSPLACENTAL TRANSFER
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IgM
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THE FIRST CLASS OF ANTIBODIES TO APPEAR AFTER EXPOSURE TO AN ANTIGEN
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CLONAL DELETION
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THE ELIMINATION OF B AND T CELLS THAT REACT WITH SELF
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CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY
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AN IMMUNE RESPONSE THAT INVOLVES T CELLS BINDING TO ANTIGENS PRESENTED ON INFECTED CELLS; T CELLS THEN DIFFERENTIATE INTO SEVERAL TYPES OF EFFECTOR T CELLS, INCLUDING HELPER AND CYTOTOXIC
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B CELL
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A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTE; DIFFERENTIATES INTO ANTIBODY-SECRETING PLASMA CELLS AND MEMORY CELLS
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IgE
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THE CLASS OF ANTIBODIES INVOLVED IN HYPERSENSITIVITIES
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HYBRIDOMA
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A CELL MADE BY FUSING AN ANTIBODY-PRODUCING B CELL WITH A CANCER CELL
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SELF-TOLERANCE
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THE ABILITY OF AN ORGANISM TO RECOGNIZE AND NOT MAKE ANTIBODIES AGAINST SELF
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PERFORIN
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PROTEIN THAT MAKES A PORE IN A TARGET CELL MEMBRANE, RELEASED BY TC CELLS
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