What are Fc receptors?
- Bind to the constant region of antibodies
What are interferons?
- Secreted by: lympocytes, macrophages, virally infected cells
What do interferons do?
1) Signals neighboring UNINFECTED cells to destroy RNA and reduce protein synthesis
2) Signals neighbouring INFECETED cells to undergo apoptosis
3) Activates immune cells
What are PRRs?
How are natural killer cells activated?
By interferons
How do natural killer cells kill cells?
What cells contribute to immunological suvaillance?
Natural killer cells
Dendritic cells
What do dendritic cells do?
What do defensins do?
- Bind to pathogen bilayer and form pores
What forms the MAC?
C3b from C3 in the compliment system