Why does affinity maturation, which increases antibody binding strength, require T cell help during a vaccine response?

💡 Explanation

T cell help is essential for affinity maturation because it provides crucial survival signals to B cells undergoing somatic hypermutation in germinal centers. Therefore, B cells with higher affinity antibodies survive and proliferate, rather than undergoing apoptosis due to lack of stimulation.

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