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ANTIBODIES

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Bio Med and Pathology Mind Map on ANTIBODIES, created by aahughes on 12/04/2013.
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ANTIBODIES
  1. Designed to seek and destroy antigen
    1. Glycoproteins secreted by plasma cells
    2. IMMUNOGLOBULINS
      1. Each immunoglobulin (IgG)
        1. Is made of 4 polypeptide chains
          1. "2 long, 2 short in a 'fork like' shape
            1. 5 Classes to be recognised
              1. IgA, IgD, IgE, IgM, IgD
        2. MODES OF ACTION
          1. AGGLUTINATION-clumps pathogens together
            1. ANTITOXINS-neutralise bacterial toxins
              1. LYSIS-digest cell membrane
                1. OPSONISATION- coats the pathogen in a protein identifying it as foreign
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