HK 44000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Viral Load, Immunoglobulin A, Typhoid Fever

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Health and Kinesiology
• Course: HK 44000
• Professor: Hyner Gerald

Document Summary

Cellular immunity: t-helper cells, victims of hiv, t-supressor cells, thymus derived killer cells, memory cells. Humoral immunity: b-memory cells, (cid:862)plas(cid:373)a (cid:272)ells(cid:863, myeloma is cancer of the plasma cells, elevated il-6; thalidomide suppresses il-6, antibodies, humors: blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile. Igm the largest; arrives early, first made by a fetus. Igg abundant; crosses the placenta (mom donates this to fetus); binds to macrophages. Iga mucosa resp. and gi; in secretions like tears, saliva, and mucus. Ige allergic responses; binds with eosinophils to kill parasites. It is good to come in contact with the environment at a young age: one of the most important things to do for an infant is breast feed baby will get antibodies from mother. Hepatitis c: blood borne virus, appears to be prevalent among baby-boomers cohort 194501965, test for antibodies, test for viral load, liver cancer.