The autoimmune diseases are‚ simply put‚ the process which the immune system attacks its own healthy tissues and organs. How this works is‚ our bodies have an immune system‚ which is a complex network of special cells and organs that defends the body from germs and other foreign invaders. At the core of the immune system is the ability to tell the difference between self and nonself‚ especially if there’s a flaw the body makes. When this happens‚ the body makes autoantibodies that attack normal cells
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Immunity(5 MCQS) Immune system and define its components: - Antigen - Antibody (structure of antibody) - Lymphocytes (B and T cells) What is cell mediated response and humoral immune response? Types of Immunity: - Active immunity - Passive immunity What do you mean by vaccination? 1) The humoral immunity defends mostly against viruses and bacteria throgh a) Skin b) Digestive system c) Body fluids d) Internal organ 2) Which of the following is effective against viral infections
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article has to do with Gram-negative bacteria lipopolysaccharide layer(LPS) and how it plays a key role in host-pathogen interactions in the immune system. Specifically having to deal with chronic infections and how a modified LPS layer has different effects on it. In chronic infections these modified LPS layers have a tendency to cause host immune systems to be evasive and cause constant inflammation. The most common pathogen isolated from the airway of Cystic Fibrosis patients is Pseudomonas
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Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)‚ human viral disease that ravages the immune system‚ undermining the body’s ability to defend itself from infection and disease. Caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ AIDS leaves an infected person vulnerable to opportunistic infections—infection by microbes that take advantage of a weakened immune system. Such infections are usually harmless in healthy people but can prove life-threatening to people with AIDS. Although
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The emergence of personalized cancer vaccine was based on the exploitation of tumor mutations and their ability to establish an immune response in the body. Given that about 95% of a tumor mutation is specific to the one patient concerned‚ the idea of exploring those mutations on an individual level has become more popular. The basis of the personalized cancer vaccine concept is that each cancer patient has tumor cells that produce specific neoepitopes‚ which are the mutated proteins specific to
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but they are but all too real. This disease is called Systemic Lupus erythmatosus‚ but is called Lupus for short. An autoimmune disease such as Lupus weakens your body’s immune system response. Normally‚ the immune system helps protect the body from harmful substances. But in patients with an autoimmune disease‚ the immune system can ’t tell the difference between harmful substances and healthy ones. This specific autoimmune disease has a long list of effects on the human body. There currently is
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internal organ‚ about the size of a fist‚ found in the human abdomen. The spleen functions as part of the immune system and contributes to the production and storage of blood cells as part of the circulatory system. Although the spleen is an important organ‚ it is not vital for human survival. Function of the Spleen The majority of the spleen’s functions are related to the immune system or the blood supply. The spleen removes old red blood cells‚ called erythrocytes‚ from the blood supply and
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sexual stage in which it is able to reproduce‚ and in intermediate hosts it experiences an asexual stage. In both hosts Toxoplasma gondii enters the cell‚ forms vacuoles‚ and protects itself from the immune system. If the immune system is weak then it can cause disease‚ but if the immune system is uncompromised then the vacuoles form cysts in the muscles and brain of the infected organism. There are four methods in which one might come in contact with the Toxoplasma infection; foodborne‚ animal-to-human
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(Institute.Org‚ n.d.) Since 1981‚ the (HIV) epidemic has continued to expand in the United States; In the Summer of 1982 the HIV virus was officially names AIDS‚ also being called other names as “gay-related immune deficiency” (GRID). The names changed when the Doctors realized the heterosexuals could also be affected. (Institute.Org‚ n.d.) In 1983‚ scientists discovered the virus that causes AIDS. The virus was at first named HTLV-III/LAV (human T-cell lymphotropic
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disease attacks the immune system which is not strong enough to fight this deadly disease. The AIDS disease has a number of symptoms and conditions that come with it. HIV causes the disease AIDS. HIV means human immunodeficiency virus. A virus is a very small organism that gets into a person’s body and makes a disease. The virus HIV also only affects humans. If someone has been infected with AIDS they are called HIV positive or seropositive. HIV weakens a persons immune system and causes the disease
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