rida
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Can anyone explain what it means exactly?
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| mdwannabe
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exapnsion of the same clon... for example a T-cell with same sequence at hypervariable region of its receptor. (like in a specific antigenic response)
Polyclonal expansion... cells expand with many different sequences at hypervariable region (like in superantigen actvation.)
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| rida
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thanx
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| Alina T
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mdwannabe,
expansion of one clone is monoclonal expansion
expansion of more than one line could be either
oligoclonal - and that means more than one clone, but not many (oligo means "few")
or policlonal - and that means "many"
all the best 
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| mdwannabe
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Alina :-) U are absolutely correct... I was only trying to simplify. But I definitely should stand correct in my corner for oversimplifying :-)
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| Alina T
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:wink:
sorry, i felt like jumping in only coz i understood u said "oligoclonal is expansion of one and the same clone", and that's not correct.
...good we cleared that together....
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