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Components of the Immune System Flashcards

1
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The immune response is ___ based.

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cell

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2
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What do all immune cells develop from?

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hematopoietic stem cells

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What determines what hematopoietic stem cells will develop into?

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cytokines and growth factors

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What can stem cells differentiate into?

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  • myeloid progenitors
  • lymphoid progenitors
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What are examples of myeloid progenitors?

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  • granulocytes
  • monocytes
  • macrophages
  • mast cells
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6
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What are examples of lymphoid progenitors?

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  • lymphocytes
  • natural killer cells
  • dendrite cells
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7
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What are granulocytes?

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contain cytoplasmic granules which have compounds in them that are released during an immune response to kill pathogens

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What are the types of granulocytes?

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  • neutrophil
  • eosinophil
  • basophils
  • mast cells
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What do neutrophils do?

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  • perform phagocytosis, engulfing and breaking down and killing the pathogen
  • first responders from bloodstream at site of infection
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10
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What are neutrophils called in birds?

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heterophils

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11
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What do eosinophils do?

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release cytoplasmic granules to kill parasites

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12
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What do basophils do?

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release cytoplasmic granules in response to parasites

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13
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How are mast cells different from other granulocytes?

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are not white blood cells

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14
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Where are mast cells found?

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within tissues

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15
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What do mast cells do?

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release cytoplasmic granules in response to parasites and infection

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16
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What do granules of mast cells contain?

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histamine

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17
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What does histamine do?

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increases permeability of blood vessels

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18
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What are the types of agranulocytes?

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monocytes and lymphocytes and dendrite cells

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19
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What do monocytes do?

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migrate into tissues at site of infection and differentiate into a cell called a macrophage

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20
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What are the two types of macrophages?

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monocyte-derived and resident tissur

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21
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What are monocyte derived macrophages called?

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inflammatory macrophages

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22
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Where do resident tissue macrophages come from?

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embryonic cells

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23
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What are the types of resident tissue macrophages?

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  • microglia
  • osteoclasts
  • kupffer cells
  • alveoler macrophages
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24
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Where are microglia found?

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nervous system

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25
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Where are osteoclasts found?

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bone

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26
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Where are Kupffer cells found?

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liver

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27
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Where are alveolar macrophages found?

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lungs

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28
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What do resident tissue macrophages do?

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fight infection but also clear any damaged tissue

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29
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What do macrophages do?

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perform phagocytosis

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30
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How are macrophages different than neutrophils?

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has antibody receptors and when an antibody binds to an antigen it marks that antigen for phagocytosis by macrophagesW

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31
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What is the marking of an antigen for phagocytosis by macrophages called?

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opsonization

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32
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What is the antibody that binds to an antigen for opsonization called?

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opsonin

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33
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Where are dendrite cells found>

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in different tissues

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34
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What can dendrite cells do?

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perform phagocytosis on antigens and pathogens

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35
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What are macrophages and dendrite cells classified as?

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professional antigen presenting cells (professional APCs)

36
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What do professional antigen presenting cells do?

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  • form a “bridge” between the innate and adaptive immune response
  • phagocytize antigens, break the antigen down, and present pieces of the antigen on their cell membrane
37
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What activates helper T-cells?

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binding to antigen presenting on the professional APCs

38
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What are the two types of lymphocytes?

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T and B cells

39
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What are clusters of differentiation?

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protein expressed on cell surfaces, use these to differentiate between types of lymphocytes

40
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What do each B and T cell have?

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antigen specific receptors

41
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What receptor do B lymphocytes express?

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B-cell receptors

42
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What receptor do T lymphocytes express?

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T-cell receptors

43
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When are receptors generated for B and T cells?

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during development

44
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What are naïve lymphocytes?

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mature fully developed lymphocytes that haven’t encountered the antigen they are specific for

45
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What happens when lymphocytes are engaged by the antigen they are specific for?

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get activated, go through clonal selection, and then differentiate into one of two types of cells

46
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What type of cells do lymphocytes that have gone through clonal selection differentiate into?

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most effector cells, some memory cells

47
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What do effector cells do?

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carry out specific functions to combat the pathogen

48
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What do memory cells do?

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stay around for secondary response

49
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T cell receptors only recognize ___

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antigens bound to another cell

50
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What are the structures on antigen presenting cells called?

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major histocompatibility complexes

51
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What are the two types of major histocompatibility complexes?

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class one and class two

52
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Where are class one MHC found?

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on all nucleated cells in body

53
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Where are class two MHC found?

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expressed only by professional APCs

54
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What are the two types of T cells?

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cytotoxic T-cells and helper T-cells

55
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How can cytotoxic T cells be differentiated?

56
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What will the T cell receptor on cytotoxic T cells recognize?

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antigen bound to MHC class one

57
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What do cytotoxic T cells do?

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kill virally infected cells

58
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What do helper T cells express, for differentiation?

59
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What do t cell receptor recognize for helper t cells?

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recognize antigen bound to MHC class two

60
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What are subsets of helper t cells?

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  • TH 1 and TH 17
  • TH 2 and TFH
  • regulatory T cells
61
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What do TH1 and TH17 do?

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regulate immune response to intracellular pathogens

62
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What do TH2 and TFH do?

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help with extracellular pathogens

63
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What do regulatory T cells do?

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have capacity to inhibit immune response and involved in inhibition of autoimmunity (so body doesn’t react to itself)

64
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how are regulatory T cells differentiated?

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express CD4 and CD 25

65
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What is the B cell receptor on B cells like?

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membrane bound antibodies

66
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What happens when B cell recognizes antigen?

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B cells undergo clonal selection and generate effector cells called plasma cells and also generates some memory cells

67
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What are plasma cells?

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activated B cells

68
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What do plasma cells do?

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secrete antibodies

69
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Are natural killer cells antigen specific?

70
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What do natural killer cells do?

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kill virally infected cells

71
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What are primary lymphoid organs?

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locations where immune cells develop and mature

72
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What are the primary lymphoid organs?

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bone marrow, thymus, and bursa of fabricus

73
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What does bone marrow develop?

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b-cell development (in mammals)

74
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What does thymus develop?

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T-cell development

75
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What does bursa of fabricus do?

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b-cell development (in birds)

76
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What are secondary lymphoid organs?

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locations where adaptive immune response is initiated
- aka where lymphocytes are activated

77
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What are the secondary lymphoid organs?

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  • lymph nodes
  • spleen
  • mucosa associated lymphoid tissue
78
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What are lymph nodes involved in?

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activation due to antigen in tissues

79
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What is the spleen involved in

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activation due to antigen in blood

80
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Where are mucosa associated lymphoid tissues found?

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along in mucosal membranes

81
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What are mucosa associated lymphoid tissues?

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barriers for antigen entering body

82
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What are the types of mucosa associated lymphoid tissues?

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  • GALT
  • BALT
  • NALT
  • SALT
83
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Where is GALT found?

84
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Where is BALT found?

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Where is NALT found?

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Where is SALT found?

87
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What are tertiary lymphoid organs?

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site of infection

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