Saturday, November 14, 2015

Vocabulary


Antigent-Presentation: A process in the immune system that enables cells like macrophages and dendritic cells to present the captured antigens to the T cells.

The cells that are involved in antigen-presentation allow T cells to know that there are antigens in the body.




Humoral Immunity: Immunity when antibodies that are produced by plasma B cells in the blood, spleen, and lymph nodes.

Humoral Immunity has to do with the killing of specific pathogens.


Cell Mediated Immunity: Immunity when phagocytes and antigen-specific cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes are activated. Cytokines are also released because of the antigen.

Cell Mediated Immunity does not involve antibodies.



Works Cited:

 http://immense-immunology-insight.blogspot.com/2013/10/question-antigen-presenting-cells.html
http://microbiologyme.blogspot.com/2012/12/humoral-immunity-its-funny.html


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