Immunology Acronyms

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