Two properties distinguish adaptive immunity from innate immunity:
1. X
2. Memory
Specificity
Adaptive specific immunity involves the actions of two distinct cell
types: X and X cells
B lymphocytes (B cells) and T lymphocytes (T cells).
B cells originate and develop in the X and finish their maturation
process in peripheral lymphoid tissues such as the spleen.
bone marrow ( B cells Bonemarrow)
B cells are responsible for the production of X or immunoglobulins
antibodies
Mechanisms of adaptive specific immunity that involve B cells and antibody
production are referred to as X immunity.
humoral
thymus
T cells function as the central orchestrator of both innate and adaptive immune
responses.
infected with
intracellular pathogens.
The targeting and
destruction of
intracellular pathogens
by T cells is called cellmediated immunity,
or X
cellular immunity.
The antibodies involved in humoral immunity often bind pathogens and
toxins before they can attach to and invade host cells:
outside
Antibody-mediated immunity: involves antibodies that bind to antigens
in X (such as blood and lymph).
body humors or fluids
B cells transform into X cells, which synthesize and secrete antibodies.
* A given antibody can bind to and inactivate a specific antigen
plasma
Cellular immunity targets and eliminates intra/extracellular pathogens through the actions of T cells. It is particularly effective
against:
intra
Cell-mediated immunity: cytotoxic T cells directly/indirectly attack invading
antigens. Thus, cell-mediated immunity always involves cells attacking
cells.
directly
Despite the differences:
* Both types of adaptive immunity are triggered by X
antigens.
see p 14 for t and b cell overview
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The antibody produced in
response to an antigen binds only
to a very small site on the antigen
known as x
epitope: “smallest unit of an antigen (ex. microbe) to which an
antibody or cell can bind”.
true/false:
A single antigen may possess several different epitopes, and different
antibodies may bind to different epitopes on the same antigen
true
Proteins
Lipids and nucleic acids
Carbohydrates
put in order of most to least effective as antigens
proteins, ch, lipids
Immunoglobulins or antibodies, are molecules produced by activated B cells and
plasma cells in response to exposure to antigens.
true.false
true
immunoglobulins can be found…
activated B cells
Clonal restriction: a B lymphocyte can only produce
specific immunoglobulins for a single type of antigen.
true.false
true
The basic structure of an antibody monomer consists of four protein
chains held together by disulfide bonds:
heavy
light
An immunoglobulin
recognizes multiple antigens
true/false
false, only one antigen
The trunk of the Y is also called the Fc region, for “fragment of
crystallization,” and is the site of complement factor binding and binding
to phagocytic cells during antibody-mediated X
opsonization. (Opsonization is the process of recognizing and targeting invading particles for phagocytosis)
Opsonization is an immune process which uses opsonins to tag foreign
pathogens for elimination by phagocytes