AVS-3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: T Helper Cell, Epitope, Influenza A Virus Subtype H7N9
21 Feb 2017
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Must present epitope and major histocompataiblity complex to show t helper cells that the cells are from its own body and the b cell must be doing the same thing. Cytokines: chemical secreted message, factor, between cells to activate or turn on other cells. These are cellular hormones, physical recognition between cells. Once message is received, they want to create speci c antibodies that speci cally recognized epitopes found on the pathogen. This also creates memory of the epitopes on antigens. Booster shots: second or third exposure calls upon memory cells developed from the. Rst exposure to give you a better and larger immune response. Polyclonal antibody response: there is many different b cells that produce their own speci c antibodies and a large amount of them need to be activated to get broad detection and response to any epitope the antigen can present. You want the body to produce antibodies for every epitope.
