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Antibodies are produced by the immune system in response to invasion of the body by ‘foreign’ material. Molecules larger than 1000 molecular weight including proteins, polysaccharides and lipids are immunogenic. Recognition of the foreign substance by receptors on the surface of B lymphocytes in the blood stimulates the cell to multiply and to produce antibodies capable of binding specifically to the compound. Each lymphocyte clone produces only one antibody, but many different lymphocytes (and thus antibodies) may be stimulated by a single immunogen.