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Interactions

External/antigenic

Antigen

Interactions

Inter − subnet

External/antigenic Intra subnet

Antigen −

Internal

B cell

(a) (b)

Interactions

Inter − subnet

Intra − subnet

B cell

(c)

Figure 5.13 Hierarchical organization of D-W-B cell IN. (a) Network
interactions without considering formation of subnetworks, (b) hierarchical
organization of the IN, (c) internal IN interactions when a hierarchical structure
is considered.