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Innate Immunity   body defenses that are static and in place at time of birth; determines host-species barriers and influenced by ancestry and variation in resistance; elements always produced but once pathogens are detected, production of some components are "stepped up"  
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What are the innate host defenses?   physical barriers; antimicrobial products; respiratory cilia; stomach acid; complement; phagocytosis; inflammation; interferons; fever; natural killer lymphocytes; toll-like receptors  
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Physical barriers   skin and mucous membranes prevent entry to most pathogens  
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Antimicrobial products   lysozyme (tears, sweat, saliva-dissolves cell wall); peptides (phospholipase A2 degrade bacterial membranes; defensins bind cell walls to form pres or disrupt membrane components)  
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Respiratory cilia   carries pathogens out of lungs  
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Stomach acid   HCl at pH 1-2; kills many but not all pathogens  
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Complement (alternative and lectin pathways)   series of nine blood proteins that act together (bonding) to cause lysis of pathogens and help phagocytosis  
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Phagocytosis   engulfing of solid particles by cells  
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Inflammation   dilation and increased permeability of capillaries; amplifies innate responses; produced in response to any damage to host tissue; mediated by histamines and other chemicals released from damaged cells;redness, pain, swelling and heat  
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Interferons   messenger proteins produced by virus-infected cells; alerts neighboring cells to produce anti-viral proteins; virus can still penetrate the cell but interferon prevents it from replicating once inside; host specific not virus specific  
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Fever   increase in body temperature to speed up body defenses and slow growth of pathogen  
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Natural killer lymphocytes   attack tumor cells and virus infected cells; exhibit cytotoxic activity by possessing 2 surface receptors (if only one is engaged then the NKs are turned on, if both are engaged their killing activity is turned off); participate in adaptive responses  
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Toll-like receptors   protein receptors on the surface of many cells that bond molecules from pathogens to initiate the immune response; binding to pairs of TLRs sets of reactions that influences the nucleus to promote transcription and translation of cytokine genes  
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Toll-like receptors continued   Once cytokines are made and released, they trigger an inflammatory response and attract neutrophils and or promote T and B cell activity  
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Antigens   Substances that stimulate an immune response; made of foreign macromolecules like proteins, lipids, carbohydrates or nucleic acids  
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Types of antigens   parts of pathogens (viral protein or bacterial capsule); products of pathogens (bacterial exotoxins); vaccines; substances that cause allergies (allergens); chemicals on the surface of all tissues (MHC,HLA)  
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Types of antigens continued   epitopes (specific place on the surface of an antigen where antibodies bind); haptens (small molecules not antigenic themselves but form antigens when combined with blood or skin proteins)  
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Development of the immune system   occurs in late fetal period and early infancy; stem cells enter the blood from bone marrow; some stem cells are processed by the thymus to become T cells while others are processed by the bone marrow to become B cells  
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What is a stem cell?   an immature lymphocyte that is not immunocompetent  
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What branch of the immune response are T cells responsible for?   cell mediated immunity (responses to intracellular pathogens)  
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What branch of the immune response are B cells responsible for?   humoral immunity (responses to extracellular pathogens)  
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What are cytokines?   generic term for protein "messenger" chemicals that allow one cell to communicate with another  
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Types of cytokines   interleukins; intererons; tumor necrosis factor; colony stimulating factor; histamines; chemokines  
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Interleukins   communicate between lymphocytes (WBCs)  
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Interferons   from virus infected cells  
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Tumor necrosis factor   from phagocytes, causes fever, shock and destroys cancer cells  
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Colony Stimulating factor   causes increase in white blood cells  
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Histamines   causes inflammation and allergy  
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Chemokines   induce migration of white blood cells to infection (chemotaxis)  
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Adaptive immunity   body can recognize an invader from self and can act to destroy/inactivate the invader; highly specific against one pathogen; not inherent or inborn but only develops with exposure to the pathogen; responses in the future can be modified based on experienc  
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Cell Mediated Immunity   response to intracellualr pathogens; produced when T cells are activated by an antigen  
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T Helper lymphocytes   receive antigen from dendritic cells, activated macrophages, sometimes B cells; fully activate B cells or other types of T cells  
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T Cytotoxic lymphocytes   killer T cells; release chemicals taht lyse tumor cells or virus infected cells via apoptosis; have CD8 receptor on the surface  
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T-delayed hypersensitivity cells   involved in allergies and transplant rejection  
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T-regulatory lymphocytes   turn off the immune response when antigen is no longer present  
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T-memory cells   retain a record of the specific immune response; settle in lymphatic tissues  
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Which cell types have CD4 receptors?   T helper cells  
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What cell types have CD8 receptors?   T cytotoxic cells  
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Humoral Immunity   response to extracellular pathogens; B cells usually receive chemical messages from T cells and are cloned; some B cells become activated and become plasma cells; plasma cells grow rapidly and release antibodies that circulate in the blood  
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Antibodies   aka immunoglobulins; Y shaped structures made mostly of protein that bind to specific sites on antigens in order to target them for inactivation and destruction  
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Precipitation   soluble antigen becomes insoluble and forms a precipitate  
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Agglutination   Particles are clumped together  
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Opsonization   enhanced phagocytosis accomplished through antibody coating of antigen  
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Complement fixation   9 complement proteins that sequentially bond together to lyse the pathogen  
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Viral neutralization   antibodies bind viruses, therby blocking attchment and entry to host cell  
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Toxin neutralization   antibodies bind to toxin, inactivating it; works for exotoxin antitoxin  
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IgA   secreted onto mucous membranes and present in colostrum  
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IgD   acts as a receptor on the surface of B cells; not abundant  
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IgE   involved in quick allergic responses; causes degranulation of mast cells upon secondary allergen encounter releasing histamine and causing the typical allergy symptoms  
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IgG   most abundant and longest lived antibody, active against all types of pathogens, only antibody that crosses the placenta  
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IgM   first antibody formed to a new antigen, excellent at agglutination  
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Monoclonal Antibody   preparations of purified antibodies against one antigen; made in the lab and used for diagnosis and treatment; usually made by hybridoma cells  
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Immune Memory   memory is stored in B and T memory cells that form clones in lymph nodes and other lymphatic tissues; these memory cells rapidly activate upon secondary exposure to antigen and produce a strong immune response  
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Rate of antibody prosuction for 1st and 2nd exposure to same antigen   upon 1st exposure to an antigen the immune response is slow and weak and does not prevent infection; upon subsequent exposure to the same antigen the immune response is rapid and strong and will prevent infection  
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