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| secreted by damaged tissue, promotes extravasation, stimulates mast cells to degranulate and release histamine |
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stimulates nerve endings; signals itching and pain
supressed by Tylenol |
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| phagosome-lysosome fusion |
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results in:
oxygen-independent killing pathways
oxygen-dependent killing pathways |
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| oxygen-independent killing pathway |
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| lysozyme, lactoferrin and defensins |
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| oxygen-dependent killing pathway |
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| superoxide anion (O2-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and hydroxyl radicals, reactive nitrogen intermediates (NO, NO2-, and NO3-) |
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| destroys pathogens, caused by oxygen-independent and oxygen-dependent killing pathways |
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| avoid attacking host cells; stops engulfment |
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low-molecular-weight cytokines; host specific action, not virus-specific
interfere with viral infection |
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| immune cell that destroys our cells when they are infected or have gone bad (cancerous) |
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