The Adaptive Immune Response: B-lymphocytes and Antibodies

This text discusses B cell differentiation & activation, antibody structure, four-chain models of antibody structures, five classes of antibodies & their functions, clonal selection of B cells, primary versus secondary B cell responses, active versus passive immunity, and T cell-dependent versus T cell-independent antigens.

Topics

active immunity
acute inflammation
adaptive immune response
afferent lymphatic vessels
antibody
antigen
antigen presentation
antigen processing
antigen receptor
antigenic determinant
B cells
barrier defenses
bone marrow
bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue
BALT
central tolerance
chemokine
chronic inflammation
chyle
cisterna chyli
class switching
clonal anergy
clonal deletion
clonal expansion
clonal selection
clone
complement
constant region domain
cytokine
cytotoxic T cells
Tc
delayed hypersensitivity
early induced immune response
effector T cells
efferent lymphatic vessels
erythroblastosis fetalis
fas ligand
Fc region
germinal centers
graft-versus-host disease
granzyme
heavy chain
helper T cells
Th
high endothelial venules
histamine
IgA
IgD
IgE
IgG
IgM
immediate hypersensitivity
immune system
immunoglobulin
immunological memory
inflammation
innate immune response
interferons
light chain
lymph
lymph node
lymphatic capillaries
lymphatic system
lymphatic trunks
lymphocytes
lymphoid nodules
macrophage
macrophage oxidative metabolism
major histocompatibility complex
MHC
mast cell
memory T cells
MHC class I
MHC class II
MHC polygeny
MHC polymorphism
monocyte
mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
MALT
natural killer cell
NK
naive lymphocyte
negative selection
neutralization
neutrophil
opsonization
passive immunity
pattern recognition receptor
PRR
perforin
peripheral tolerance
phagocytosis
plasma cell
polyclonal response
positive selection
primary adaptive response
primary lymphoid organ
psychoneuroimmunology
regulatory T cells
Treg
right lymphatic duct
secondary adaptive response
secondary lymphoid organs
sensitization
seroconversion
severe combined immunodeficiency disease
SCID
spleen
T cell
T cell tolerance
T cell-dependent antigen
T cell-independent antigen
Th1 cells
Th2 cells
thoracic duct
thymocyte
thymus
tissue typing
tonsils
type I hypersensitivity
type II hypersensitivity
type III hypersensitivity
variable region domain
primary antibody response
secondary antibody response
antibody structure