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| •DISSOLUTION OF THE INTERCELLULAR BRIDGES OF THE PRICKLE CELL LAYER OF THE EPITHELIUM |
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•IMMUNE RESPONSE TO A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE, BASED ON SPECIFIC MEMORY OF A PAST EXPOSURE TO THAT SAME FOREIGN SUBSTANCE
•THE SECOND ACQUIRED IMMUNE RESPONSE IS QUICKER THAN THE INITIAL RESPONSE |
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•BASED ON ANTIBODIES DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO AN ANTIGEN
•THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF ACTIVE IMMUNITY:
-NATURAL AND ACQUIRED |
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| •ANTIGEN PRODUCING A HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION |
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| •HYPERSENSITIVITY ACQUIRED THROUGH EXPOSURE TO A PARTICULAR ALLERGEN THAT ELICITS AN EXAGGERATED REACTION ON REEXPOSURE TO THE SAME ALLERGEN |
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•SEVERE, IMMEDIATE TYPE OF HYPERSENSITIVITY OR ALLERGY IN WHICH AN EXAGGERATED IMMUNOLOGIC REACTION OCCURS ON REEXPOSURE TO A FOREIGN PROTEIN OR OTHER SUBSTANCE AFTER SENSITIZATION
•CAN RESULT IN:
-HIVES
-ITCHING
-SWELLING
-VASCULAR COLLAPSE
-SHOCK
•AKA: ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK |
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•PROTEIN MOLECULE (Ig) THAT IS SECRETED BY PLASMA CELLS AND REACTS WITH A SPECIFIC ANTIGEN
•THERE ARE 5 CLASSES OF ANTIBODIES:
-IgA
-IgD
-IgE
-IgG
-IgM |
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| •LEVEL OF SPECIFIC ANTIBODY IN THE BLOOD |
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| •ANY SUBSTANCE ABLE TO INDUCE A SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE |
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| •TO REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF A DISEASE OR THE VIRULENCE OF A PATHOGENIC AGENT, AS IS DONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN VACCINES |
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| •ANTIBODY THAT REACTS AGAINST A NORMAL TISSUE CONSTITUENT OF ONE'S OWN BODY |
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| •DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY TISSUE TRAUMA CAUSED BY AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST TISSUE CONSTITUENTS OF ONE'S OWN BODY |
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•DEVELOPS IN LYMPHOID TISSUE OTHER THAN THE THYMUS
•CAN LATER DEVELOP INTO A PLASMA CELL THAT PRODUCES ANTIBODY
•MAIN INITIATOR OF HUMORAL IMMUNITY |
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| •TYPE OF IMMUNITY IN WHICH THE MAJOR ROLE IS PLAYED BY T-CELL LYMPHOCYTES |
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•PROTEINS PRODUCED BY VARIOUS CELL TYPES FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION
•IMMUNOLOGICAL CYTOKINES ARE INVOLVED IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE |
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| •WHITE BLOOD CELL THAT ACTS AS AN ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL IN THE SKIN AND MUCOSA |
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| •TYPE OF IMMUNITY IN WHICH BOTH B-CELL LYMPHOCYTES AND THE ANTIBODIES THEY PRODUCE AS PLASMA CELLS PLAY THE PREDOMINANT ROLE |
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| •DECREASED SALIVARY FLOW THAT MAY RESULT IN XEROSTOMIA |
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•BODY REACTS TO A FOREIGN AGENT, OR ALLERGEN, WITH AN EXAGGERATED IMMUNE RESPONSE.
THERE ARE 4 TYPES: TYPES 1-4 |
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| •COMBINATION OF AN ANTIBODY AND ANTIGEN PRODUCING A COMPLEX THAT CAN INITIATE A HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION |
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•INDUCTION OF ACTIVE IMMUNITY
•PRODUCES A STRONGER, FASTER IMMUNE RESPONSE WHEN EXPOSED TO THAT PARTICULAR DISEASE
•PREVENTS DISEASE DEVELOPMENT |
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| •REDUCED IMMUNE RESPONSE RESULTING FROM HYPOACTIVITY OR DECREASED #s OF LYMPHOID CELLS |
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•PROTEINS THAT SERVE AS ANTIBODIES DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO A SPECIFIC ANTIGEN
•SECRETED BY PLASMA CELLS
•SURFACE IGs REMAIN ATTACHED TO THE SURFACE OF B CELLS AND FUNCTION AS RECEPTORS |
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| •SUBSTANCE THAT ALTERS THE IMMUNE RESPONSE BY AUGMENTING OR REDUCING THE ABILITY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO PRODUCE ANTIBODIES OR SENSITIZED CELLS THAT RECOGNIZE AND REACT WITH THE ANTIGEN THAT INITIATED THEIR PRODUCTION |
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•SPECIALIZED DENTRIDIC CELL
•FOUND IN SKIN AND MUCOSA
•INVOLVED IN IMMUNE RESPONSE |
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| •MATURE NEUTROPHIL WITH A PHAGOCYTIZED |
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•TISSUE COMPOSED OF LYMPHOCYTES SUPPORTED BY A MESHWORK OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
•INCLUDES TONSILLAR TISSUE, LYMPH NODES AND LYMPHATIC ORGANS |
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•CYTOKINES PRODUCED BY B- OR T-CELL LYMPHOCYTES IN CONTACT WITH ANTIGENS
•MEDIATORS IN AN IMMUNE RESPONSE |
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•LARGE, TISSUE-BOND MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE DERIVED FROM MONOCYTES CIRCULATING IN THE BLOOD
•CAN BECOME MOBILE WHEN STIMULATED BY INFLAMMATION AND INTERACT WITH LYMPHOCYTES IN AN IMMUNE RESPONSE |
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•CYTOKINES PRODUCED BY MONOCYTES OR MACROPHAGES
•MEDIATORS IN AN IMMUNE RESPONSE |
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| •MUCOSAL INFLAMMATION DUE TO A DISEASE PROCESS |
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| •TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTE THAT IS PART OF THE INITIAL INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE, WHICH BY UNKNOWN MECHANISMS IS ABLE TO DIRECTLY DESTROY CELLS RECOGNIZED AS FOREIGN |
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| •DIAGNOSTIC SIGN WHEREBY THE SUPERFICIAL EPITHELIUM SEPARATES EASILY FROM THE BASAL LAYER ON EXERTION OF FIRM, SLIDING MANUAL PRESSURE WITH THE FINGERS |
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•TYPE OF IMMUNITY THAT USES ANTIBODIES PRODUCED BY ANOTHER PERSON TO PROTECT AN INDIVIDUAL AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES
•THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF PASSIVE IMMUNITY:
-NATURAL AND ACQUIRED |
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| •CELL DERIVED FROM FROM B-CELL LYMPHOCYTES THAT PRODUCES ANTIBODIES IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESENCE OF ANTIGEN |
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| •ANTIBODY THAT BINDS TO CERTAIN ANTIBODIES FOUND IN THE SERUM OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES SUCH AS SJOGREN SYNDROME |
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| •GROUP OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR TOGETHER |
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| •MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR INITIATING CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY AND MODULATING HUMORAL IMMUNITY |
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•ORGAN CONSISTING OF LYMPHOID TISSUE LOCATED HIGH IN THE CHEST
•LARGE IN AN INFANT AND GRADUALLY SHRINKS |
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•DRYNESS OF THE MUCUS MEMBRANES
•USUALLY CAUSED BY HYPOSALIVATION |
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