BIOL 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Adaptive Immune System, Innate Immune System, Antigen-Presenting Cell

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Animals ability to remain healthy depends on three things: Most people who contract bacterial or viral illness recover eventually. People who acquire bacterial or viral infections and recover are immune to that disease. Immunity: resistance to or protection against disease causing pathogens. Vaccination: introduction of weakened or altered pathoge(cid:374) to pri(cid:373)e (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s i(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)e s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) Innate immunity: cells that are always ready to confer. Certain immune system cells are ready to respond to invaders always while others are activated. Adaptive immunity: cells that are selectively activated to eliminate specific pathogen. Antigens: foreign molecule that can initiate immune system response. Mostly proteins from bacteria, viruses, other invaders, can also be foreign carbs, nucleic acids, lipids. Cells involved in innate immunity are nonspecific in their response to antigens respond same way always. Contrast: cells involved in adaptive immunity respond in extremely specific way to each strain bacterium, virus, fungus. Most important pathogen barrier is skin, offers chemical deterrent.

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