Immune system Flashcards
what are the 4 components of the nonspecific/innate immune system?
low ph
protection
chemicals
phagocytic and degrading cells
what type of proteins are antibodies?
glycoproteins
what is the most common antibody?
IgG
which antibody can cross the placenta?
IgG
which antibody is pentameric?
IgM
which antibody cannot cross the placenta?
IgM
which antibody is the 1st to appear in an immune response?
IgM
which antibody is dimeric?
IgA
which antibody is found in secretions?
IgA
which antibody is found on the surface of mast cells?
IgE
which antibody is found in allergic diseases?
IgE
which antibody acts on the cell surface?
IgD
which antibody promotes the maturity of the immune system?
IgD
what are clusters of differnetiation moleculss?
help to characterise cell types and expressed by cells in different stages of differentiation
MHC molecules are products of what??
supergene at chromosome 6
expression of MHC’s are specific to what 3 things?
the cell, tissue type, and degree of differentiation
MHC I is on the surface of what cells?
platelets and all nucleated cells
MHC II is on the surface of what cells?
APC’s and B lymphocytes
MHC I cells presents atg to what cells?
cytotoxic t cells
MHC II cells presents atg to what cells?
t helper cells
which antibody is at high levels during the primary immune repsonse?
IgM
which antibody is at high levels during the secondary immune response?
IgG
what is the humoural immune response mediated by?
specific antibodies that directly act on the antigen
what is the cell-mediate immune response mediated by?
specific t lymphocytes that attack and destroy virus-infected host cells of foreign cells