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Natural Immune System Flashcards

1
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Also called the Innate Immune System

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Natural Immune SYstem

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2
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Acidity of the skin is a part of the 2nd line of immune system. T/F

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F. Acidity is a chemical barrier under the 1st line of immune system

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3
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A substance that cleaves the cell wall of G+ bacteria

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Lysozyme

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4
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What substance digests the bacterial surface protein?

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Pepsin

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5
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What substance binds iron essential for bacterial growth?

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Lactoferrin

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6
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What is the pH of skin?

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5.5-5.6

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7
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pH of vagina

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pH 5

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8
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What is the pH of stomach?

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pH 1

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9
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Lactobacillus acidophilus present in the vagina is what type of barrier?

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Biological Barrier.
A normal flora in the vagina that maintains the acidity against pathogens

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10
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The ciliary action of the trachea is a what type of barrier?

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Physical Barrier

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11
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Phagocytes like Neutrophil and Basophil belong to what line of immune defense?

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2nd Line of immune defense

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12
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What phagocyte is the most efficient and 1st to migrate at the site of infection?

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Neutrophil

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13
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Cell clinical significant during hypersensitivity

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Basophil

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14
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What cell indicates acute & bacterial infection?

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Neutrophil

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15
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Provide 2 types of APCs

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1.Dendritic cell
2. Macrophage

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16
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Dendritic cells in the skin

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Langerhans cells

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17
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APC at the secondary lymphoid organs

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Interdigitating dendritic cells

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18
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Dendritic cells at major organs

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Interstitial dendritic cells

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19
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Macrophage in the liver

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Kupffer cells

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20
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Macrophage in the brain

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Microglial cells

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21
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Microphage in the Kidney

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Mesangial cells

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22
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Macrophage in the lungs

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Alveolar cells

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23
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Macrophage in the bones

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Osteoclasts

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24
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Macrophage in the spleen

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Splenic macrophage/Littoral cells

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25
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What cells create antibodies?

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B cells

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26
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Most potent mediator of Type I hypersensitivity

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MAst Cells

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27
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“Null lymphocyte”

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NK cells

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28
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Attacks virally infected cells, tumor cells, secretes perforins & granzymes

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NK cells

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29
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Inhibitory receptors

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Killer Cell Ig-like receptor (KIR), ILT/LIR, CD94/NKG2A

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30
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NK cells express what CD markers

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CD 16, CD 56

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31
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Bridges innate and adaptive immune response

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NK cells

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32
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NK cells also called ____ when exposed to IL-2 & IFN-y

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Lymphokine Activated Killer Cells/LAKs

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33
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the engulfment & destruction of microorganisms or damaged cells

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Phagocytosis

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34
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Steps of Phagocytosis

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ICED
Initiation, Chemotaxis, Engulfment/Ingestion, Digestion/Killing

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35
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Process where cells move in a certain direction under the stimulation of chemotaxin

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Chemotaxis

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36
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Without chemotaxin, cells move in

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RANDOM

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37
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Test for Chemotaxis

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Boyden Chamber

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38
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Migration TOWARDS THE SITE

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Positive Chemotaxis

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39
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Migration AWAY FROM THE SITE

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Negative Chemotaxis

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40
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Receptors of the innate immune system recognized PAMPS through

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Pattern Recognition receptor (PRR)

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41
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Receptors of the innate immune system recognized ________ through PRR

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PAMPS (PAthogen Associated Molecular Pattern)

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42
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Receptors of the innate immune system recognized PAMPS through PRR

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Adhesion

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43
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Toll Like Receptor is from

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fruit fly/ drosophilia fly

44
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TLR1

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Mycobacteria

45
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TLR2

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Teichoic Acid (G+)

46
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TLR4

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Lipopolysaccharides (G-)

47
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Macrophage Mannose receptor

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Calcium Dependent Lecithin/ C-Type Lecithin Receptor/ CLR

48
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Recognizes Anionic polymers & Protein

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Scavenger Recptor

49
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Phagocytes engulf foreign matter through

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membrane Invagination

50
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The engulfment of the phagocytes leads to the formation of a

51
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Interact with the surfaces of bacteria, speeding up phagocytosis

52
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Hydrolytic enzymes & peroxidase fused with the phagosome , forming phagolysosome degrading & rupturing it

53
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This enzyme activity leads to the formation of Reactive Oxygen Species/ROS

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NADPH Oxidase

54
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Products of respiratory burst

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O2- superoxide
OH (hydroxyl radical)
Singlet O2
H2O2 (Hydrogen peroxide)

55
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this leads to the production of hypochlorite

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Myeloperoxidase system

56
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Cleaves bacterial cell membrane

57
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proteases that cleaves proteins in the cell

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Cathepsin G

58
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Cleaves Bacterial cell wall

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Lysozyme/Muramidase

59
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produced by the activated macrophage

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Nitric oxide

60
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PRR binds to the PAMPS

61
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Lysosomal granules fuse with the phagosome

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Granule contact

62
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cell move to the site of injury (due to C5a)

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Chemotaxis

63
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The body’s overall reaction to injury or invasion

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Inflammation

64
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Normal serum constituents that increase rapidly by 25% due to infx, injury, or trauma

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Acute Phase Reactants

65
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CRP

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Opsonization, complement activatiob

66
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Serum Amyloid A

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activates monocytes, macrophages

67
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a1-antitrypsin

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Protease inhibitor

68
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Fibrinogen

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Clot formation

69
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Haptoglobin

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binds hemoglobin

70
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Ceruloplasmin

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binds copper, oxidizes iron

71
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C3 complement

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opsonization, lysis

72
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CRP response time

73
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Serum Amyloid A reponse time

74
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CRP normal concentration

75
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CRP increase

76
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Serum Amyloid A increase

77
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APR: 2x increase

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Ceruloplasmin, C3

78
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APR: 2-5x increase

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A1- antitrypsin, Fibrinogen

79
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Haptoglobin increase

80
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APR that increases more in bacterial infections than viral infections

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Serum Amyloid A

81
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Best indicator for Acute inflammation

82
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CRP Principle

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Reverse passive Agglutination

83
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Group of cytokines in virally infected cells that interfere with replication

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Interferons

84
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IFN-a other name

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Leukocyte IFN

85
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IFN-b

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Epithelial Fibroblast IFN

86
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IFN-y

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Immune IFN

87
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IFN-a producer cells

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Null lymphocyte/NK cells

88
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IFN-b producer cells

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Fibroblast, Epithelial cells, Macrophages

89
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IFN-y producer cells

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Th1 cells, NK cells

90
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TNF-a

91
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TNF-b

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Lymphotoxin

92
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Lymphotoxin is produced by

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T cells (CD4, CD 8), B cells

93
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Cachetin is produced by

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Neutrophils, Monocytes, Macrophage, activated T cells

94
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cytokines that stimulate transendothelial leukocyte movement, regulate the migration of PMNs & mononuclear leukocytes

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Chemokines

95
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Acquired, Specific Immune System

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Adaptive immune System

96
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Anamnestic immune response, forms memory cells

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Adaptive Immune System

97
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Active, Natural

98
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Active, Artificial

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Vaccination

99
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Passive, Natural

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Colostrum (IgA), Placental (IgG)

100
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Passive, Artificial

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Serum therapy (anti-tetanus, Rhogam)

101
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Hepa A, Polio (Salk), Rabies, Whooping cough Vaccines

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Inactive vaccines

102
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Tetanus, Diptheria Vaccines

103
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Smallpox, BCG, Polio (Sabin), Chickenpox, MMR Vaccines

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Live Attenuated

104
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Recombinant HBsAg from genetically engineered yeast cell

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Synthetic cell

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