Cellular basis of immunity

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Glossary
Adaptive immunity,
Afferent lymphocytes,
Alveolar macrophages
50  cards
Immune Cells
How many lineages does the hemato...,
What are the three lineages of th...,
Myeloid lineage cells
26  cards
Introduction
Do all animals have immune systems,
Phagocytes,
Only after shark species had evol...
47  cards
Foreign activators
What are foreign activators,
Example of fas,
Foreign activators are not
50  cards
Innate Immunity
Adaptive response,
Innate response,
Immunity requires
47  cards
Adaptive immunity
Immune memory consists of,
T cells and antibodies can,
When does the adaptive system kic...
50  cards
Antibodies
What are they,
What produce them,
Plasma cells
72  cards
Complement
Part of which immunity,
Consists of how many serum and me...,
How does complement mediate the i...
32  cards
Parasitic infection
Parasites are,
Parasites dont generally,
Parasites reproduce
42  cards
Immune response summarised
An immune response involves event...,
How are most pathogens kept outsi...,
After injury pathogens pass the e...
13  cards
HIV infection mechanism
Aids is caused by,
Hiv infects and destroys,
Aids was originally called
48  cards
Adaptive immunity mechanisms
Mhc class processing,
Dendritic activation of t cells,
Dendritic migration and activatio...
12  cards
Inflammatory response mechanisms
Under normal circumstance tissues...,
If they encounter no antigens,
Inflammatory process
20  cards
Influenza- Drift and Shift
Antigenic drift,
Antigenic drift is the reason,
Influenza and antigenic dfit
6  cards
Glossary 2
Histocompatability,
Human anti mouse lg antibody hama,
Humanized antibodies
72  cards
Cytokines
Il 1 is produced by,
Effect of il 1,
Il 2 produced by
19  cards
MHC molecules
Mhc ii normally only expressed,
Mhc iiespecially expressed on,
Mhc ii bind
23  cards
T Helper Cells
Th1 cells produce which cytokines,
Th2 cells produce which cytokines,
Th cells
16  cards
Specific antibody types
Types of antibody,
How many types of light chain,
How many types of heavy chain
26  cards
Opsonisation and Phagocytosis
After opsonisation with iga,
Which receptor mediates uptake by...,
What is common in immunodeficient...
7  cards
ITAMs
Itam stands for,
What are itams,
Itams signal via
9  cards
Vaccines
Developing a vaccine is not,
How long does it take create a va...,
How much does a vaccine cost to d...
69  cards
Defence against specific Fungi
Phagocytosis of candida albicans ...,
Phagocytosis of candida triggers,
Interaction of cell wall componen...
21  cards
Adjuvants
Main types of vaccines,
Many vaccines developed now just ...,
What is an adjuvant
60  cards
Vaccine 2
Subunit vaccines are,
Subunit vaccine primarily provoke...,
Antibody response 6
43  cards
Cancer vaccines
To prevent cancers from spreading,
The premise of cancer vaccines,
Which responses need to be develo...
10  cards
Immune cells- pictures
Wbcs are,
How many types of wbc leucocyte,
These 5 main types of leucocyte a...
28  cards
NF-KB, JAKSTAT- inflammatory mechanisms
Nf kb,
What does activation of nf kb cause,
What is nf kb induced by
35  cards
Bacterial infection- better
Innate immunity in bacterial infe...,
Adaptive immunity in bacterial in...,
Innate response is
50  cards
Fungal better
How has evoltion affected fungal ...,
Unicellualr,
Filamentous
42  cards
TRICKY
Liposomal delivery ensures antige...,
Liposomal carriers fuse with,
Avian viruses prefer receptors on
14  cards
Monoclonal antibodies
Antibodies can be used to,
Antibodies which have been refine...,
Specific antibodies can be used t...
53  cards
Monoclonal antibodies 2
Uses of monoclonal antbodies,
There was a limited use of mouse ...,
Diagnostic pathogly
25  cards
Immunotherapy
Each year how many people worldwi...,
Half of will get cancer,
1 3 of will get cancer
49  cards
Immunotherapy 2
Mechanism of immune checkpoint pr...,
When ctla 4 on t cell binds b7 on...,
When anti ctla4 mab blocks ctla 4...
19  cards
Antibody- guided imaging of cancer
What sort of antibodies ar used t...,
What sort of systems are used,
Which elements are used to label ...
16  cards
Immunotherapy summary
Many cancer ells in the body,
Human antibodies can be used to,
Which cytokine is particularly pr...
36  cards
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis (Bench to bedside diagnostics)
Aspergillus fumigateurs is the,
Where are aspergillum fumigatus i...,
Chronic pulmonary aspergilosis
43  cards
Aspergillum fumigatus- Point- of Care Diagnostics
Lateral flow technology,
When biomarker is present in good...,
The control line
18  cards
Immunoassays
6 type of immunoassay test,
Ouchterlony immunodiffusion type ...,
Ouchterlony immunodiffusion detects
37  cards
Learn for tomorrow
Zumab,
Ximab,
Bactieral peptide which attracts ...
29  cards
Complement pathway
Three complement pathways,
The classical pathway is initiate...,
Classical pathway c1 activation
17  cards
parasites- extra
Two types of parasite,
Helminths consist of,
Nematodes
46  cards
Viral immunity
Viruses are,
Viruses depend on,
Viruses can have as a few genes as
41  cards
HIV and AIDS
Aids stands for,
What causes aids,
Basic disease causing mechanism o...
71  cards
Influenza
How many classes of influenza virus,
Which classes of influent cause h...,
Which influenza is responsible fo...
55  cards
Ebola
Size of ebola genome,
Type of dna,
How many genes
15  cards
T helper cells
T helper cells are also known as,
Why are t helper cells also known...,
Proliferating hyper t cells that ...
11  cards
mannose binding lectin
Mannose binding lectins belongs t...,
Function of collectins,
Manose binding lectin is instrume...
14  cards
B cells
B cells produce,
Antibodies convery,
Antibody protection can be
30  cards
B cell activation, hypermutation and class switching
In the bone marrow,
Precursor b cell produces,
Immature b cell igm migrates to the
18  cards
Dendritic cells and antigen presentation
Immature dendritic cells are,
Mhc i in the,
Mhc ii in the
32  cards
Rhizoctonia solani
Rhizoctonia solani,
Where is it distributed,
Why is it difficult to control us...
15  cards
Global amphibian declines
How many species of amphibians,
Since 1980 how many amphibian spe...,
Nearly 2 000 species
40  cards
Pulmonary aspergillus fumigatus
What is the most important opport...,
Who are particularly vulnerable,
How many cases of invasive pulmon...
46  cards
Point of care diagnostics- Lateral flow technology
In lateral flow assay for the dia...,
J5f ab is labeled with,
When antigen is present person wi...
27  cards
TLR4 and LPS
Innate system is activated when,
How many tlrs,
Tlrs are one of the most
13  cards
Complement
Consists of a group of around,
Which paper talks about complement,
Where are complement proteins syn...
31  cards
More complement
Lectins are,
What do lectins do,
Mbl
16  cards

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