Zusammenfassung der Ressource
ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE
- specific
- immune
components are
fully activated only
after infection start
- immunological
memory is stored
- response magnitude is
higher in the second and
subsequent encounters
compared to the first
- organ of lymphatic system
- development of T and B cells
- diverges
of
lymphocyte
development
- T cells
- B cells
- antigen-independent mutation
- T cells in thymus
- B cells in bone
marrow
- have surface markers / receptors
- bind to receptors on
other cells
- bind to antigens
- transmit and receive messages
- common
receptor
molecules
- antigen-specific
receptors
- cluster of
dIfferentiation (CD)
- CD8 binds to MCH class1
- CD4 binds to MHC class 2
- over 300 CD molecules have
been identified
- major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
- class 1, expressed on all nucleated cells
- class 2, on
antigen-presenting cells,
such as macrophages,
dendritic cells and B
cells
- class 3, on proteins
associated with the
complement system
- mature T and B cells antigen-specific receptors
- recognise one type of unique
antigens
- each group of T or B cells carrying one
specific type of receptors are called clones
- our immune system has the diverse receptor "key
shapes" allowing them to recognize different "lock
shapes" of antigen
- presentation of antigens
- Antigens (Ag) are
substances that can
provoke immune
response
- one antigen may have
multiple epitopes
- antigenicity factors
- size
- complexity
- Foeignness
- professional
antigen-presenting cells
(APCs)
- macrophages
- Dendritic cells
- B cells
- T cells receptors
- support by co-receptors : CD4 or CD8
- B cells : immunoglobulins (Ig) or antibodies
- IgG
- IgA
- IgM
- IgE
- IgD
- T cell response
- antigens presented on APCs will activate T and B cells
- activation stimulation
- subtypes of T helper cells (Th)
- memory T cells
- regulatory T
cells (Treg)
- cytotoxic T cells (Tc)
- T helper cells stimulate or
activate other cells,
including macrophages, B
cells, Tc cells
- Cytotoxic T cells attack
- cancerous host cells
- infected host cells
- foreign cells from
other humans or
animals
- memory T cells store immunological memory
- regulatory T cells regulate other
cells to prevent excessive
inflammation and autoimmunity
- T cells attack involves secretions
of granzymes and perforins
- leads to : perforation, apoptosis in target cells
- B cells response
- can be activated without helper
T cells (referred as
T-independent activation)
- B cells require
activation by T helper
cells
- following activation, B cells differentiate
- memory B cells
- regulatory B cells
- plasma cells
- memory B cells store immunological memory
- regulatory B cells regulate other
cells to prevent excessive
inflammation and autoimmunity
- Plasma cells launch billions of
antibodies to attack the invaders
- antibodies disable the targets through
- neutralisation
- block the receptor on a surface or
the targets, neutralising them
- opsonisation
- coat the targets,
helping phagocytes to
recognize them
- antitoxin action
- bind to toxins produced by the targets,
rendering them harmless
- agglutination
- link the targets with one another into large clumps,
immobilizing them and enhancing their
phagocytosis