Adaptive Immunity

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has ability to differentiate between normal “self” cells and
“nonself”

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Adaptive Immunity

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distinguished from innate immunity by its specificity and
memory

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Adaptive Immunity

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What is the dual nature of adaptive immunity

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Humoral immunity
Cell mediated immunity

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refers to a component of the adapative immunty where B cells secrete antibodies, which circulate in the blood as a soluble protein

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Humoral immunity

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refers to the other component of the adaptive immunity which is mediated by the activated antigen-specific T cells

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Cell mediated immunity is

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Mediated by B cells

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Humoral immunity

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Mediated by T cells

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Cell mediated immunity

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Mediated by T cells, B cells, and macrophages

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Humoral immunity

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Acts on extracellular microbes and their toxins

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Humoral immunity

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Mediated by helpter T cells, Cytotoxic T cells, natural killer cells, and macrophages

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Cell mediated

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Part of antigent that triggers immune responses and react with antibodies

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Epitope or Antigenic determinant

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Either proteins or polysaccharides

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Antigent

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MW greather than or equal to 10,000 Da

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Antigents

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Low molecular weight compounds that are antigenic when attached to a carrier molecules; has no reactivity but no immunogenicity

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Haptens

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MHC

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Major Histocompatibility Complex

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Another name known of MHC or Major histocompatibility complex

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HLA or Human Leukocyte antigent

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Self antigen

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MHC

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Transmembrane proteins

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MHC

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Unique to an individual

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MHC

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Present in all body cells except RBCs

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MHC

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Help T cells to recognize that antigen is foreign, not self

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MHC

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Present in all body except red blood cells

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MHC-I

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Present in antigen-presenting cells (APCs)

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MHC-II

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Enumerate the process of Cell mediated immunity

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Processing of Antigen
Activation of T cells
Elimination of Antigen

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What are the two types of antigen in processing of antigen

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Exogenous antigents
Endogenous antigens

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During activation of T cells, what is activated?

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Helper T cells
Cytotoxic T cells

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Present in fluids outside body cells

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Exogenous antigent

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example are bacteria and bacterial toxins, parasitic worms, inhaled pollen and dust and viruses outside the cells

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Exogenous antigen

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Processed by APCs

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Exogenous antigens

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Present inside body cellls

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Endogenous antigents

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viral proteins produced after a virus infects the cell, toxins produced from intracellular bacteria, or abnormal proteins
synthesized by a cancerous cell

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Endogenous antigents

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Processed by infected host cells

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endogenous antigens

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What are the costimulation of activation of T cells

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1st signal: antigen-MHC complexes
2nd signal: cytokines

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A subset of the helper T cells

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Regulatory T Cell

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Carry an additional CD25 glycoprotein

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Regulatory T cell

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protect the fetus during pregnancy

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Regulatory T cell

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immune’s system recognition of tumor antigents on cancer cells, and their destruction by cytotoxic T cells, macrophages and NK cells.

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Immunological Surveillance

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what is antibodies also known as?

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Immunoglobulins (Igs)

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450 AAs

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2 heavy chains

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220 AAs

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2 light chains

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same in Igs of the same class

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Constant (C) regions

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contains the antigen-binding site

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Variable (V) regions