Infection and Immunity

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Decks in this class (17)

Determinants of infectious diseases
Reservoir,
Course of infection,
Pathogenicity
45  cards
Innate immune system
Innate vs adaptive immune system,
4 components of innate immune system,
Physical barriers
29  cards
Eicosanoids
What are eicosanoids,
2 types of eicosanoids,
Prostaglandin synthesis
38  cards
Leucocyte adhesion and chemotaxis
Leucocyte migration,
What controls the direction of le...,
What do leucocytes participate in...
56  cards
Proteases + RONs
What do proteases derive from,
Central role of proteases,
Kinins bradykinins
31  cards
Adaptive immune system
Lymphocyte repertoire,
What creates the diversity of rec...,
Advantages of diverse tcrs and an...
25  cards
Antibodies
Which cells produce immunoglobulins,
Immunoglobulins role,
Antibody structure
32  cards
T cell activation
What does t cell stand for,
How do t cells work,
Types of t cells
35  cards
Acute inflammatory response
Immunity,
Failure of immunity,
Infection
37  cards
Antibiotics
How can antibiotics enter cells,
4 main mechanisms by which microo...,
What are porins
30  cards
Antibacterial MoA
Antimicrobial,
Antibacterial,
Antibiotic
45  cards
Antibacterial MoR
Frequency of mutations,
Government uk national action pla...,
Multi drug resistance gram negati...
32  cards
Immune diseases
Antigen invades,
B cells,
B cells moa
46  cards
Viral infections - HIV
Distribution of hiv,
Hiv viral particle,
Key components of hiv viral particle
24  cards
Vaccines
Variolation,
No mass vaccination,
With mass vaccination
25  cards
Viral infections - Influenza
What is orthomyxovirus,
Important viral components,
3 types of envelope proteins
49  cards
Atherosclerosis
What is atherosclerosis,
Foam cells,
What is inflammatory signalling i...
10  cards

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