Immunology Acronyms 2

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  1. 3. Regulatory CD4+ T cells: a T cell subset responsible for suppressing immune responses
  2. 4. Major histocompatibility complex: involved in the presentation of peptide antigens to T cells
  3. 5. Cell adhesion molecule
  4. 6. cell Natural killer cell: large granular lymphocyte that serves as an innate effector cell
  5. 8. Human leukocyte antigen: name of MHC gene complex and protein in humans
  6. 9. Macrophage: large mononuclear phagocyte that takes residence in many different tissue and organs
  7. 10. Ab: immunoglobulin secreted by plasma cells
  8. 12. Family names of chemokine, chemicals that are a sub-class of cytokines
  9. 13. End state of disease of HIV infection
  10. 15. Lipopolysaccharide: a cell wall component of gram negative bacteria
  11. 16. Surface immunoglobulin: an immunoglobulin that is expressed on B cell surface
  12. 17. Ag: a molecule that is recognized in native structure by antibodies, B cell receptor or peptide presented by MHC molecules to T cell receptor.
  13. 18. Cluster of differentiation: immune cells that help to differentiate one immune cell from another
  14. 19. C-reactive protein: acute phase protein that binds to phosphocholine
  15. 21. Antigen presenting cell: able to present antigen via MHC molecules to T cell receptors on T cells
  16. 23. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes: white blood cells with multi-lobed nuclei and cytoplasmic granules
  17. 24. Complementary determining regions: regions of antigen binding loops of lg molecules
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  1. 1. immune response
  2. 2. Ig: protein family to which antibodies and B-cell receptors belong
  3. 3. T-cell receptor: the Ag receptor on T cells
  4. 5. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes: CD8+T cells with the effector function of killing virally infected cells
  5. 7. Intracellular adhesion molecules: critical in binding of lymphocytes
  6. 9. Mannose-binding lectin: soluble acute phase response protein that can bind mannose on pathogens
  7. 11. Toll-like receptor: a family of Pattern Recognition Receptors present on many leukocytes
  8. 12. Cell mediated immunity: major role of effector T cells
  9. 14. Dendritic cell: a type of APC that presents antigen
  10. 16. systemic lupus erythematosus
  11. 17. Antiboy dependent cellular cytotoxicity; NK cells use to induce apoptosis in virally infected cells
  12. 20. Pathogen associated molecular patterns: repeating molecular patterns on microbes
  13. 21. Autoimmune regulator: transcribed by a subpopulation of epithelial cells in the thymus
  14. 22. Family names of chemokine receptors, the receptors that chemokine bind to cell attraction