IMMUNOSERO Flashcards
Actively phagocytic cells
Neutrophil
Eosinophil
Monocyte
Mediator of the innate immune response
IL - 1
Immunomodulator, antiviral agents, antineoplastic agents
Interferon (IFN)
Colony Stimulating Factor (CSF) is given to cancer patients to…
INCREASE production of certain types of WBC
ACUTE PHASE REACTANTS are produced primarily by
Hepatocytes
Acute phase reactant associated with HDL Cholesterol ; plays a role in Cholesterol Metabolism
Serum Amyloid
60-80% of lymphocytes in peripheral blood
T lymphocytes
60-80% of lymphocytes in peripheral blood
T lymphocytes
Antigen receptors in T lymphocytes that bind to HLA Class II
CD 4
Produces cytokines that regulate both innate and adaptive immunity
T cell
How do cytotoxic T cells kill target cells?
They produce granzymes that stimulate apoptosis
Contaminated work area will serve as
SOURCE of infection
Goal of biological safety is to prevent completion of chain of infection by..
Preventing transmission
Edward Jenner’s work explains what phenomenon
Cross - immunity
Generation of antibodies with different specificities
Susumu Tonegawa
Who won nobel prize in 1984 about monoclonal antibody technology
Georges Koehler
Cesar Milstein
Immortal cell that produces antibodies
Hybridoma
Plasma cells from monoclonal antibodies are derived from
Mouse Spleen
T cell receptor gene was discovered
1984
Skin pH that keeps most organism from growing
pH 5.6
MOST POTENT phagocytic cell and MOST EFFECTIVE in antigen presentation
Dendritic cell
