The Immune Response against Pathogens

This text discusses defenses against bacteria & fungi, defenses against parasites, defenses against viruses, and evasion of the immune system by pathogens.

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
  • disinfectant
  • HIV progression
  • IgA immunity
  • mucosal immune response
  • immune response