NATS 1670 Lecture Notes - Natural Killer Cell, Blood Plasma, Complement System
12 Apr 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
B and t cells, working against something new, something. T cells(cd4) are the target for hiv(not mentioned a lot) Part of the innate immunity, natural killer cells. Can be found in the blood circulation, moves towards different parts of the body during maturation. Serves a bridge between innate and specific immunity. First blood cell to wash towards the infection. All the cells of the immune system start with the haematopoietic found in the bone marrow. The haemotopoetic cells can be divided into 2. The lymphoid cells can be wither t cells or b cells. The t cells can be the manager, or helper cytotoxic suppressor(dictates the immune system should not react, suppress the immune system ina specific way). B cells can differentiate between plasma cells(which makes lots of proteins). B cells can also turn into cells are just waiting for the pathogen to come. Memory cells are cell sthat have limited activity.
