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Overview of immune system
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1  cards
Development of immune cells
What are the main functions of ly...,
What are the main functions of apcs,
What are the main functions of ef...
28  cards
Humoral immunity - B cell activation
What is the lymphocyte lineage,
What are the main phases of the h...,
How does ig expression change dur...
17  cards
Humoral immunity - B cell diversity
What is the structure of an antibody,
How does clonal expansion start,
What is also required for activation
16  cards
Antigen recognition by T cells
Define antigen,
What is an epitope,
Why cant t cells recognise native...
27  cards
Disorders of immune system
Give 5 examples of things that co...,
What is the process of a pollen a...,
What causes a type ii reaction
21  cards
Complement
What does the complement system do,
What are the 5 main complement roles,
How can complement kill microbes
26  cards
The scientific basis of vaccines
What was variolation,
What were the 4 scientific princi...,
How did we manage to eradicate sm...
19  cards
Bacterial and viral vaccines
What are the differences between ...,
What are vaccine adjuvants,
Give an example of an adjuvant
24  cards
Innate immunity - in health and disease
What is innate immunity,
What are the components of the iis,
What are the different barriers w...
28  cards
Clinical and public health aspects of immunisation
Why have there been polio outbrea...,
Why will we never be able to erad...,
What is herd immunity
15  cards

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