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  1.  337Your immune system reacts to foreign invaders, including harmful bacteria, viruses, and other perceived enemies called antigens. The response may produce one or both of two kinds of "fighters."  One kind involves antibodies that  circulate in the bloodstream;  the second type stimulates specific  cells to take on the unwanted invaders.