PARA 438 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ragweed, Clostridium, Tetanus
23 Dec 2015
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Identify and briefly describe 4 different examples of an immune response. You get the flu; you get sick, you think you are going to die, but you get better, and then you get well. Vaccination; you get injected with a vaccine against. Clostridium tetani and then when you come in contact with. Tetanus toxin, you neutralize it before it kills you. Atopic allergy; you breathe in ragweed pollen and you begin wheezing, your eyes water, and your nose runs. Transplantation; your surgeon gives you a new kidney, but your immune system overcomes the immuno-suppressive drugs you also get, and you reject it. Autoimmunity; you have a friend with sle or ra or ibd: compare and contrast innate vs. acquired immunity by discussing at least. For molecules shared by groups of related microbes and molecules produced by damaged host cells. Very large; receptors are produced by somatic recombination of gene segments. Lymphocytes in epithelia; antibodies secreted at epithelial surfaces.
