The phrase "affinity for foreign" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong liking or attraction towards foreign cultures, languages, or concepts.
Example: "Her affinity for foreign films led her to explore various international cinema festivals."
Alternatives: "liking for foreign" or "attraction to foreign".
Due to these features, diseased epithelium has a higher affinity for foreign objects than normal epithelia.
As O. anthropi has a high affinity for foreign material, there remains concern for its persistent sequestration on implanted medical devices such as IOLs.
Due to negative selection, naturally occurring TCRs bind self (tumor) peptides with low affinity and have a much higher affinity for foreign antigens.
Donald Trump has a notorious affinity for foreign strongmen.
While the end-goal of SHM is to generate B cells with increased affinity for foreign antigens, SHM also has the potential to contribute to the generation of autoreactive B cells.
Over time, cells carrying mutated receptors with the highest affinity for foreign antigen out-compete others for limiting amounts of antigen and survival signals provided by T-cell help, so ensuring their continued survival and differentiation.
Recent studies have shown that the range of affinities of T cell receptors (TCRs) against non-mutated cancer peptide/class I complexes are lower than TCR affinities for foreign antigens.
This mutagenic process is coupled to a selection process for B cells expressing antibodies with higher affinities for foreign antigen and results in large numbers of mutations within antibody gene variable regions.
For example, the maximum affinity a TCR can have for self pMHC ligands (non-triggering) is sharply defined and close to the affinity threshold for foreign pMHC (triggering).
No one could understand the G.O.P.'s hot-blooded opposition to gay marriage or its perceived affinity for invading foreign countries.
(7) Replication (proliferation) module: it takes place when a successful ISR results in the proliferation of B cells that have high affinities for the foreign pathogens that caused the response [ 39].
