Autoimmune disease is the acquired inability to make an immune response against self antigens.
Autoimmune disease occurs when a specific adaptive immune response is mounted against its own antigens . The normal consequence of an adaptive immune response against a foreign antigen is the clearance of the antigen from the body.
———- is the acquired inability to make an immune response against self-antigens
In general, the immune response to extracellular antigens involves: 1. the cellular arm of the immune system 2. the red blood cells of the circulatory system 3. adhesion molecules 4. the humoral arm of the immune system 5. all of the above
What is the general name for the antigens against which the immune system is normally tolerant?
Provide two examples of how the immune response to bacterial antigens or toxins can cause severe disease and pathology. For each example, name the disease, the bacterial species, the corresponding bacterial toxin or antigen associated with the disease, and the immune response driving the pathology.
A host organism needs time, often days, to mount an immune response against a new antigen, but memory cells permit a rapid response to pathogens previously encountered. A vaccine to protect against a particular viral infection often consists of weakened or killed virus or isolated proteins from a viral protein coat. When injected into a person, the vaccine generally does not cause an infection and illness, but it effectively teaches the immune system what the viral particles look like, stimulating...
1 A. Which antigens are most important in the immune response to the influenza virus? B. Explain the difference between antigenic drift and antigenic shift in the influenza virus. C. Which is most likely to lead to a major worldwide pandemic? D. What is the role of the phenomenon of ‘original antigenic sin’ in immunity to this virus?
Which of the following activates cytotoxic T cells as part of the acquired immune response against virus infected cells? -Virus infected cell -Virus infected cell that presents a viral antigen on its surface -A virale infected cell that presents both a viral antigen and a MHC class 1 protein -A virale infected cell that presents both a viral antigen and a MHC class II protein Which of the following is a role of macrophages in a secondary lymph organ in...
What’s the difference between a primary immune response and secondary immune response? Answer both in terms of the physiological responses and in terms of the mechanism by which it is achieved. Adaptive immunity is a response to a specific antigen. How does the adaptive immune system mount a specific response to an invading antigen? How is it possible to mount such a response to a wide array of antigens?
Discuss the following: immunology, innate immunity, nonspecific immune, Acquired or adaptive immunity, Antigens, Antibodies, immunoglobulins, antigen-antibody reaction, significance of antibodies in rapid diagnostic tests that are used in clinical, primary antibodies. Enzyme-linked Secondary antibodies, Substrate specific for the enzyme.
Explain how the adaptive immune response is able to generate the diversity of antigen receptors necessary to recognize the multitude of foreign antigens. Explain how clonal selection contributes to the development and expansion of antigen specific lymphocytes that do not respond to self. Distinguish cytokines and chemokines and their roles in the immune response What are the 3 roles of antibody in the immune response What are the two types of T cells that contribute to cellular immunity? What are...
How does the immune system distinguish between food antigens and the antigens of invading bacteria that it must fight? (Describe 2 routes of Ag presentation of soluble food antigens) Explain the mechanism of food allergy. How an oral tolerance can be breached?