IMM250H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Interleukin 4, Amastigote, Immunoglobulin Class Switching

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23 Apr 2018
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How to generate a smart adaptive immune response. Immune responses are specific for antigen determinants or epitopes: are generated by clonal selection of lymphocytes, the vertebrate immune system has the ability to recognize a limitless number of antigens. Immune system can remember previously encountered antigens and responds efficiently. B cells have antibody molecules and t cells have t cell receptors. An antibody/bcr epitope does not have to necessarily be linear, does not need a linear continuous sequence of amino acids. On the other hand, a tcr epitope is always linear. Both bcrs and tcrs are held together by disulfide bonds. Cd4 and cd8 coreceptors: cd4 always binds to mhc class ii and specifically, this is a t-helper cell, cd8 always binds to mhc class i and specifically, this is a t-cytotoxic cell, rule of 8 4x2=8 and 8x1=8. Tcr adaptors: the adaptor is cd3 and allows for communication of a signal into the cell since bcr and.

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