immunology
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- 3. : cells: Subset of CD4+ T cells characterized by the cytokines they produce, including IL-4; involved in stimulating B cells to produce IgE antibody against helminths.
- 4. immunoglobulin secreted by plasma cells
- 8. immunity adaptive immune responses in which there is a major role
- 10. : Toll-like receptor, a family of pattern recognition receptors present on many leukocytes and epithelial cells that recognize PAMPs on pathogens and help initiate immune responses.
- 15. lectin a soluble acute phase response protein that can bind mannose on pathogens; can activate the lectin pathway of complement and acts as an opsonin.
- 18. Cluster of differentiation
- 19. : cells: Subset of CD4+ T cells characterized by the cytokines they produce, including IFN-gamma involved in fully activating macrophages, and IL-2 involved in promoting CTL responses against intracellular pathogens.
- 21. Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
- 23. Family names of chemokines
- 24. Cells: A type of APC that presents antigen in the context of MHC to T cells
- 26. : Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, repeating molecular patterns on microbes that are recognized by PRRs on immune cells.
- 28. Systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune disease where autoantibodies (against DNA, RNA, and proteins associated with nucleic acids) form immune complexes.
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- 1. : Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs, amino acid sequence in cytoplasmic domains of membrane receptors involved in signal transductio : Lipopolysaccharide, a cell wall component of gram-negative bacteria which TLR-4 can bind on macrophages and dendritic cells.
- 2. effector T cells
- 5. : Regulatory CD4+ T cells, regulatory T cells: a T cell subset that is responsible for suppressing or limiting immune responses.
- 6. : T-cell receptor, the antigen receptor on T cells.
- 7. : Interleukin, general designation of many of the different cytokines, chemical messengers secreted by immune cells that help in their communication with other cells.
- 9. : A cytokine produced by effector CD4+ TH1 cells, CD8+ T cells, and NK cells that plays a role in inducing TH1 differentiation and fully activating macrophages.
- 11. : Polymorphonuclear leukocytes, white blood cells with multi-lobed nuclei and cytoplasmic granules.
- 12. : Recombination signal sequences, short DNA sequences flanking Ig and TCR V, D, and J gene segments that serve as the binding sites for the RAG complex allowing Ig and TCR gene rearrangement (somatic recombination).
- 13. Surface immunoglobulin, an immunoglobulin that is expressed on B cell surface.
- 14. : Immunoglobulin, protein family to which antibodies and B-cell receptors belong.
- 16. : Nuclear factor of activated T cells, a key transcription factor that is required to bind to the IL-2 promoter to cause IL-2 transcription.
- 17. : Immune response.
- 18. T cells: T cells that express the CD4 protein on their surface and play a key role in the immune response. CD4 T cells: T cells that have previously encountered an antigen and have developed a memory response to it.
- 20. : Major histocompatibility complex, designation for a family of cell surface molecules involved in the presentation of peptide antigens to T cells.
- 21. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- 22. a molecule that is recognized in native (original) structure by antibodies or
- 25. : cells: Large granular lymphocytes that serve as an innate effector cell by inducing apoptosis of target cells.
- 27. Membrane attack complex, end product of the complement cascade that can kill pathogens directly by forming a pore in pathogen membrane leading to lysis.