Summary of the Immune System and Disease

Summary of the Immune System and Disease

This text summarizes key points related to viruses, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, and disruptions in the immune system.

Topics

  • acellular
  • active immunity
  • adaptive immunity
  • allergy
  • antibody
  • antigen
  • antigen-presenting cell (APC)
  • apoptosis
  • attenuation
  • autoantibody
  • autoimmunity
  • B cell
  • capsid
  • cell-mediated immune response
  • complement system
  • cytokine
  • cytopathic
  • cytotoxic T lymphocyte (TC)
  • dendritic cell
  • effector cell
  • glycoprotein
  • helper T lymphocyte (TH)
  • humoral immune response
  • hypersensitivity
  • immune tolerance
  • immunodeficiency
  • inflammation
  • innate
  • immunity
  • interferon
  • lymph
  • lymphocyte
  • macrophage
  • major histocompatibility class (MHC) I
  • major
  • histocompatibility class (MHC) II molecule
  • mast cell
  • memory cell
  • monocyte
  • natural killer (NK) cell
  • neutrophil
  • passive immunity
  • primary immune response
  • secondary immune response
  • T cell
  • vaccine
  • viral envelope
  • virion
  • white blood cell