immune response B
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jamesscott on October 28, 2007
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 important antimicrobial chemicals | complement proteins and interferon |
| complement proteins | a group of at least 20 plasma proteins circulating in an inactive state |
| complement fixation | when complement proteins bind to certain sugars or proteins on foreign cell's surface |
| interferons | infected body cells secretes this, to diffuse to nearby cells and bind to membrane receptors of intruders and hinders viruses to multiply |
| virus can not | generate ATP or make proteins |
| pyrogens | a chemical that sets up body fever when secreted by WTB cells and macrophages which is exposed to the foreign cell |
| antigen | a substance capable of exciting our immune system and provoking an immune response |
| selfantigen | our own cells studded with protein molecules, which does not trigger an immune response in ourselves |
| function of B lymphocytes | produce antibodies and oversee humoral immunity |
| description of T lymphocytes | non antibody producing lymphocytes |
| antibodies | soluble proteins secreted by activated B cells, in response to an antigen, and they can now bind specifically with that antigen |
| process how antibodies inactivate antigens | complement fixation and neutralization |
| cytotoxic killer T cells | cells that specialize in killing virus infected , cancer or foreign graft cells |
| important function of macrophages | both phagocytes and antigen presenters |
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