Introduction to the Immune System and Disease

Introduction to the Immune System and Disease

This text provides a brief introduction 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