Inmunology Flashcards
HSC
Hematopoietic stem cell
HSC are (plasticity)
Multipotent
Two arms of the inmune arms of the inmune system
Humoral (soluble substances) and Cellular (cellular responses)
What is the inmune system responsible for?
to develop a long term memory of the exposure to infectious agents
What is the job of vaccines?
they give long term immunity to infectious agents
Infectious agents examples
viruses, bacteria, fungi, mycobacteria, and larger parasites (worms)
What do antibody molecules do in the antiserum?
they are neutralised by the antiserum
Virus bonding antibodies
Antiserum
Phagocytosis
Process similar to endocytosis in which the macrophage recognises and eats antibody-coated bateria
In the second exposure to something
the amount of antibody T cells increases a lot, because there is memory
cytopathic effect
cell killing
Antigen
entity that provokes immune response,
it is normally an oligopeptide sequence
in an antibody, an antigen binding site is formed by
both light and heavy chains
The domains of the antibody molecule
vary for different antigens
antibodo molecules have
variable and unvariable parts