PHGY 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Allergen, Mhc Class Ii, White Blood Cell

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Physiology
• Course: PHGY 350
• Professor: Allan R Baer

Document Summary

Innate (a nything s hort te rm: non-s pe cific, e a rly re s pons e, ne utrophils , ma cropha ge s , nk ce lls. Acquired (a da ptive : active. More s pe cific re s pons e s to a pa rticula r pa thoge n. This isn"t very good for immediately attacking the. Involve s e xpos ure to a ntige n, la te r re s pons e pa thoge n: passive. Ma te rna l tra ns fe r to fe tus. Ig (a ntibody) a dminis tra tion (ex. Ma jor ce ll type = lymphocytes, macrophages. One lymphocyte ca n only re s pond to one a ntige n. Effector cells: ca rry out re s pons e , kill the pa thoge n, the n the y die, s hort-live d (life s pa n: da y)