THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
... Active and Passive Immunity Artificial passive immunity Used when a very rapid immune response is needed e.g. after infection with tetanus. Human antibodies are injected. In the case of tetanus these are antitoxin antibodies. Antibodies come from blood donors who have recently had the tetanus vacci ...
... Active and Passive Immunity Artificial passive immunity Used when a very rapid immune response is needed e.g. after infection with tetanus. Human antibodies are injected. In the case of tetanus these are antitoxin antibodies. Antibodies come from blood donors who have recently had the tetanus vacci ...
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
... Active and Passive Immunity Artificial passive immunity Used when a very rapid immune response is needed e.g. after infection with tetanus. Human antibodies are injected. In the case of tetanus these are antitoxin antibodies. Antibodies come from blood donors who have recently had the tetanus vacci ...
... Active and Passive Immunity Artificial passive immunity Used when a very rapid immune response is needed e.g. after infection with tetanus. Human antibodies are injected. In the case of tetanus these are antitoxin antibodies. Antibodies come from blood donors who have recently had the tetanus vacci ...
Technical University of Munich Institute for Medical Microbiology
... maintenance of cytokine memories and functional plasticity of T cells in settings of infections as well as chronic inflammatory diseases. We have recently established the existence of pro- and anti-inflammatory human Th17 cell subsets (Zielinski et al. Nature 2012) and have described a novel T helpe ...
... maintenance of cytokine memories and functional plasticity of T cells in settings of infections as well as chronic inflammatory diseases. We have recently established the existence of pro- and anti-inflammatory human Th17 cell subsets (Zielinski et al. Nature 2012) and have described a novel T helpe ...
What is the purpose of a immune system?
... T cells Involved in CELL MEDIATED RESPONSE Matures in Thymus gland Attack, learn & remember pathogens hiding in infected cells ...
... T cells Involved in CELL MEDIATED RESPONSE Matures in Thymus gland Attack, learn & remember pathogens hiding in infected cells ...
What is the purpose of a immune system?
... T cells Involved in CELL MEDIATED RESPONSE Matures in Thymus gland Attack, learn & remember pathogens hiding in infected cells ...
... T cells Involved in CELL MEDIATED RESPONSE Matures in Thymus gland Attack, learn & remember pathogens hiding in infected cells ...
Lymphatic and Immune System Information Sheet
... Lymphatic and Immune System Information Sheet (Suggested vocabulary words for this study are in blue and underlined.) Lymphatic System 1) Anatomy and Physiology: 2) Lymph, which is a thin watery fluid composed of intercellular, or interstitial , fluid which forms when plasma leaves the capillaries a ...
... Lymphatic and Immune System Information Sheet (Suggested vocabulary words for this study are in blue and underlined.) Lymphatic System 1) Anatomy and Physiology: 2) Lymph, which is a thin watery fluid composed of intercellular, or interstitial , fluid which forms when plasma leaves the capillaries a ...
A41-Immune Response
... pathogen, you retain those antibodies for awhile, explaining why some diseases are only contracted once in a lifetime ...
... pathogen, you retain those antibodies for awhile, explaining why some diseases are only contracted once in a lifetime ...
The Body`s Defenses – Specific Responses
... There are four types of T cells: - helper cells: produces a growth factor that stimulates B cell proliferation and enhances cytotoxic T cell activity - cytotoxic cells: destroys infected and/or cancerous body cells - memory cells: remain in wait for second exposure to antigen and then differentiate ...
... There are four types of T cells: - helper cells: produces a growth factor that stimulates B cell proliferation and enhances cytotoxic T cell activity - cytotoxic cells: destroys infected and/or cancerous body cells - memory cells: remain in wait for second exposure to antigen and then differentiate ...
Immunology overview notes
... Other chemicals attract additional phagocytes and other white blood cells to the area, where they pass through the leaky blood vessel walls into the interstitial fluid Local increase of blood flow, fluid, and white blood cells produces the redness, heat, swelling, and pain at the injured area. ...
... Other chemicals attract additional phagocytes and other white blood cells to the area, where they pass through the leaky blood vessel walls into the interstitial fluid Local increase of blood flow, fluid, and white blood cells produces the redness, heat, swelling, and pain at the injured area. ...
Chapter Objectives: Chapter 43 the Immune System
... 2. Explain how the physical barrier of skin is reinforced by chemical defenses 3. Define phagocytosis and list 2 types of phagocytic cells derived from white blood cells 4. Explain how the function of natural killer cells differs from the function of white blood cells 5. Describe the inflammatory re ...
... 2. Explain how the physical barrier of skin is reinforced by chemical defenses 3. Define phagocytosis and list 2 types of phagocytic cells derived from white blood cells 4. Explain how the function of natural killer cells differs from the function of white blood cells 5. Describe the inflammatory re ...
Chapter 11: Immunological Responses to Microbes
... - dendritic cells dectect viral particles in interstitial fluid, blood or lymph, antigen presentation occurs ONLY during the initial infectivity stage or when virus is released - differentiation to Th1 required to secrete IL-2 in order for naïve CD8s to differentiate into CTLs B cells and antibody p ...
... - dendritic cells dectect viral particles in interstitial fluid, blood or lymph, antigen presentation occurs ONLY during the initial infectivity stage or when virus is released - differentiation to Th1 required to secrete IL-2 in order for naïve CD8s to differentiate into CTLs B cells and antibody p ...
03-390 Immunology Exam III - 2014 Name:______________________
... 10. (2 pts) Describe one event that occurs in central tolerance that reduces the possibility of autoimmune diseases? a) Anergy can be induced in B-cells that recognize soluble antigens. b) Alternative light (or α) chains can be used to remove the interaction to self-antigens c) Self-reactive B or T ...
... 10. (2 pts) Describe one event that occurs in central tolerance that reduces the possibility of autoimmune diseases? a) Anergy can be induced in B-cells that recognize soluble antigens. b) Alternative light (or α) chains can be used to remove the interaction to self-antigens c) Self-reactive B or T ...
The Innate Immune Response,
... The thymus and bone marrow are the primary (or central) lymphoid organs, where maturation of lymphocytes takes place. ...
... The thymus and bone marrow are the primary (or central) lymphoid organs, where maturation of lymphocytes takes place. ...
Natural Killer (NK) cell “memory”
... humans) undergo antigen-driven expansion and persist over time, displaying high effector functions during secondary infection (1-3). Despite these observations, the molecular mechanisms underlying these properties have not been completely elucidated. In particular, it still needs to be clarified whe ...
... humans) undergo antigen-driven expansion and persist over time, displaying high effector functions during secondary infection (1-3). Despite these observations, the molecular mechanisms underlying these properties have not been completely elucidated. In particular, it still needs to be clarified whe ...
Immune System Reading and Questions
... AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficient Syndrome. This virus lives in and kills helper T-cells. With fewer helper Tcells, the person’s immune system can’t form any new antibodies against any new invaders, thus people with AIDS usually die from some secondary infection or unusual form of cancer. The ...
... AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficient Syndrome. This virus lives in and kills helper T-cells. With fewer helper Tcells, the person’s immune system can’t form any new antibodies against any new invaders, thus people with AIDS usually die from some secondary infection or unusual form of cancer. The ...
Introduction_to_the_Human_Immune_System
... •Initial response to microbes (surveillance and detection of non-self) •Recognizes structures characteristic of microbial pathogens •Not on mammalian cells •Necessary for survival of microbe •Receptors are encoded in germline DNA •will also recognize stressed or injured tisssue ...
... •Initial response to microbes (surveillance and detection of non-self) •Recognizes structures characteristic of microbial pathogens •Not on mammalian cells •Necessary for survival of microbe •Receptors are encoded in germline DNA •will also recognize stressed or injured tisssue ...
PowerPoint to accompany
... arriving at the external surfaces of the body fail to establish a colony. Just as in military strategy, the hardest thing for an invader to do is to establish a beachhead. So one cardinal property which distinguishes microorganisms capable of colonising hosts from the much larger number which can no ...
... arriving at the external surfaces of the body fail to establish a colony. Just as in military strategy, the hardest thing for an invader to do is to establish a beachhead. So one cardinal property which distinguishes microorganisms capable of colonising hosts from the much larger number which can no ...
Presentation
... by recruiting kinases (often via ITAMs) and inhibitory receptors activate phosphatases (via ITIMs) ...
... by recruiting kinases (often via ITAMs) and inhibitory receptors activate phosphatases (via ITIMs) ...
student notes
... Modes of antibody action: 1. Neutralization: antibodies bind the pathogen`s _____________ proteins which prevents it from entering infecting cells 2. Opsonization: results in increased _______________of the antigen 3. Lysis: caused by activation of the____________________. Active immunity: develops ...
... Modes of antibody action: 1. Neutralization: antibodies bind the pathogen`s _____________ proteins which prevents it from entering infecting cells 2. Opsonization: results in increased _______________of the antigen 3. Lysis: caused by activation of the____________________. Active immunity: develops ...