Drugs And The Immune System Flashcards
Define perforin
Create pore in cell membrane.
Define granzymes
Induce apoptosis.
What do anti-viral monoclonal antibody drug do?
Clonal expansion is a key step in mounting an immune response. Explain what that means.
Define monoclonal vs polyclonal antibodies.
Define the 4 methods of monoclonal antibody production.
What are the 3 important characteristics of monoclonal antibody drugs.
Can we receive artificial/not our own polyclonal antibodies?
Yes: plasma of someone else.
What is plasma?
Define active vs passive immunity. Give examples of natural and artificial for each.
Vaccine induce active immunity. Explain the 4 steps it takes to achieve this.
Define what a glucocorticoid drugs are. What are glucocorticoids?
When and where is Cortisol (glucocorticoid) secreted into body? What does it do?
Various drugs can be used to block the severe effects of cytokine storm. What are the three categories of drugs?
Give examples of other uses for glucocorticoid drugs.
What do the drugs do overall, any side effects?
What does DMARD do to treat the disease it specified for? (What is that disease). And how does it work.
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