Recirculation, Recruitment/Migration vs Homing, Inflammation Flashcards
1
Q
Define precisely “Recirculation”
A
The ability of naive lymphocytes to migrate and exit secondary lymphoid tissues, remain transiently, repeatedly.
2
Q
Recruitment is defined as? Another word for recruitment?
A
general movement of leukocytes out of the blood into tissues
migration
3
Q
Define Migration
A
movement of leukocytes out of blood into specific tissues
4
Q
Inflammation is triggered by
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microbes or dead tissue, initiated by innate immune responses, but sustained and refined by adaptive immunity
5
Q
Inflammation responses do what in terms of circulation
A
delivers cells and molecules of host defense to site of infection
the same process can cause tissue damage