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Innate Immunity: Inflammation and Wound Healing

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Eosinophils   Defend against parasites; degrade vasoactive substances released by mast cells  
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Mast cells   Release chemicals that initiate the inflammatory response (histamine)  
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Natural Killer (NK) Cells   Eliminate virus-infected cells  
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Macrophages   Phagocytize microorganisms and cellular debris; secrete chemicals that promote tissue healing; activate adaptive immunity  
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Neutrophils   Phagocytize microorganisms and cellular debris soon after injury; secrete chemicals that call in longer-acting phagocytes  
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Fibrinous exudate   Thick and clotted; indicate more advanced inflammation  
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Purulent exudate   also knows as suppurative; containing many white blood cells and indicating bacterial infection (pus)  
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Hemorrhagic exudate   Containing many red blood cells indicating bleeding  
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Serous exudate   Watery, with few proteins or cells; indicates early inflammation  
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Innate immunity   nonspecific first line of defense; physical and biochemical barriers  
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Adaptive immunity   also known as acquired immunity is specific, meaning one cell will defend against only one particular antigen  
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Complement system   produce biologically active fragments that recruit phagocytes, activate mast cells, and destroy pathogens; activate cascade  
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Coagulation (clotting) system   forms a fibrinous meshwork at an injured or inflammed site  
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Kinin system   functions to activate and assist inflammatory cells;  
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Opsonins   mark antigen for destruction by innate immune cells  
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Chemotactic factor   attracts leukocyte to inflammation cite  
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Anaphylatoxins   induce mast cell degranulation (C3, C4, C5) produced as part of the activation of complement system  
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Classical pathway   activated by proteins of the adaptive immune system (antibodies) bound to their specific targets (antigen)  
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Lectin pathway   activated by mannose-containing bacterial carbohydrates (MBL)  
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Alternative pathway   activated by gram-negative bacterial and fungal cell wall polysacchrides  
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Fibrin   end product of coagulation cascade; protein involved in clotting of the blood  
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Bradykinin   an inflammatory mediator that cause dilation of blood vessels, pain, and smooth muscle contraction, an increasing vascular permeability. the primary kinin in its system;  
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Cytokines   responsible for activating other cells and regulating inflammatory response  
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Chemokines   induce chemotaxis to attract WBCs to cite of infection and promote phagocytosis and wound healing  
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Interleukins   produced primarily by macrophages and lymphocytes in response to stimulation of pattern recognition receptors or by other cytokines  
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Interferon   protects against viral infection by preventing them from infecting other healthy cell;  
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Degranulation   chemical release of the contents of mast cell granules; immediate response  
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Synthesis   the new production and release of mediators in response to a stimulus; long term response  
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Histamine   vasoactive amine that is produced as part of a local immune response to cause inflammation  
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Platelets   also known as thrombocytes; activation lead to interaction with coagulation cascade to stop bleeding  
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Neutrophils   predominate in early inflammatory responses (6-10 days after injury);  
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Eosinophils   defense against parasites and regulation of vascular mediators  
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Basophils   associated with asthma and allergies with same function as mast cells  
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Phagocytosis   process by which a cell ingests and disposes of foreign material  
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Margination   known as pavementing; adherence of leukocytes to endothelial cells  
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Diapedesis   emigration of cells through the endothelial junctions  
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Resolution   returning injured tissue to the original structure and function  
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Repair   replacement of destroyed tissue with scar tissue  
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Scar tissue   composed primarily of collagen to restore the strength of the tissue but not its function  
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Primary intention   wounds that heal under conditions of minimal tissue loss  
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Secondary intention   wounds that require a great deal more tissue replacement ie. open wound  
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