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Something you need to know about YOUR Immune System
« on: January 21, 2008, 08:58:22 AM »
For those who are living in winter climate (North America, Europe, Northern Asia), the following is something you might need to know about your immune system and response to bacterial/viral pathogens. This is the same data that I forwarded to my students in Microbiology where Im a Teacher's Assistant (Laboratory). Hope this becomes useful to you all.


And remember. Stay clean, safe and aware:


48.2 Specific immune defenses require recognition of antigens

The Immune response: the third line of defense
-B cells respond to antigens by producing antibodies that provide humoral immunity.
-T cells regulate the immune response of the other cells, directly attack cells carrying specific antigens, and produce cell mediated immunity
-Active immunity can be gained due to exposure to a pathogen, passive immunity occurs when one individual obtains antibodies from another individual

Cells of the specific immune system
-T cells and B cells are both produced in the bone marrow, but B cells develop and mature in bone marrow, while T cells complete development in the thymus.

Initiating the Immune Response
-Helper T cells are activated when antigen-presenting cells present foreign antigens with MHC-II proteins
-Cytotoxic T cells interact with foreign antigens presented with MHC-I proteins.

48.3 T cells organize attacks against invading microbes

T cells: The cell mediated immune response
-In the cell-mediated immune response, Cytotoxic T cells kill abnormal or virus infected body cells
-Interleukin 1 is secreted by macrophages and stimulates helper T cells, while Interleukin 2 is secreted by other T cells and activates Cytotoxic T cells and B cells

48.4 B cells label specific cells for destruction

B Cells: he Humoral Immune System
-B cells place markers on pathogens to alert complement proteins, macrophages, and natural killer cells to attack those cells.
-When B cells recognize antigens, they produce plasma cells and large numbers of circulating antibodies to fight the antigens.
-Antibodies are proteins in a class known as immunoglobulins, which is further divided into subclasses.
-IgM antibodies are produced first and activate the complement system, while IgG antibodies are produce later to promote phagocytosis.

Antibodies
-Each antibody molecule consists of light chains and heavy chains containing variable and constant regions. Most of the sequence variations between antibodies is found in a cleft that only allows a specific antigen to bind.
-Somatic rearrangement and DNA mutations assemble the genes that encode for the huge numbers of antigen receptors.
-Immunological tolerance occurs when an animal’s immune system accepts the animal’s own tissue; it can occur through clonal deletion or clonal suppression.
-A primary immune response occurs the fist time the body encounters a pathogen and the binding of an antigen stimulates cell division. As a result of the first infection, the body is prepared to recognize and fight off the same pathogen and the next time it encounters it.

Antibodies in Medical Diagnosis
-Blood type notes the class of antibodies found on the surface of red blood cells. The major group is known as the ABO system, while another system is the Rh factor. Mixing different blood types ca lead to agglutination.
-Monoclonal antibodies exhibit specificity for one antigen and are commercially prepared for medical diagnosis and research.

Evolution of the Immune System
-Early organisms utilized a cellular immune response
-Vertebrates appear to be the first group to evolve an immune system based on lymphocytes

48.5 The Immune system can be defeated

T Cell Destruction: AIDS
-HIV inactivates CD4 T cells and thus leaves the immune system incapable of mounting a response to a foreign antigen.
-HIV exhibits a high mutation rate resulting in antigen shifting, thus making it difficult to develop an effective vaccine.

Antigen Shifting
-A pathogen may escape recognition by the immune system if it changes its surface antigens. Such antigen shifting is an example of evolution by natural selection.

Autoimmunity and Allergy
-Autoimmune diseases are produced by a failure of the immune system to recognize and tolerate self-antigens and can result from a variety of mechanisms.
-Allergies, or hypersensitivity, can be divided into immediate hypersensitivity and delayed hypersensitivity, both of which can cause the release of histamine.
-In extreme cases, the widespread release of histamine can lead to anaphylactic shock


48.1 Many of the body’s most effective defenses are nonspecific

Skin: The First Line of Defense
-Skin, the largest of the largest organ of the vertebrate body, provides a nearly impenetrable barrier and reinforces defense with surface chemical weapons.
-Mucous membranes of the digestive, respiratory and urogenital tracts help trap and eliminate microorganisms before they invade body tissues.

Cellular Counterattack: The Second Line of Defense
-Nonspecific cellular and chemical defenses respond to any microbial infection without the necessity of determining the specific identity to the invader
-Macrophages ingest microbes via phagocytosis; neutrophils ingest and kill bacteria by phagocytosis; and natural killer cells kill cells of the body infected by the virus.
-The complement system consists of approximately 20 different blood proteins that aggregate to form a membrane attack complex, which then forms a pore into the foreign cell’s plasma membrane.
-Body cells infected by a virus secrete interferon to protect neighboring cells.

The Inflammatory Response
-The inflammatory response is a localized, nonspecific response to infection
-Histamine and prostaglandin promote blood vessels dilation and capillary permeability, while a fever stimulates phagocytosis and causes the liver and spleen to store iron.


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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2008, 11:09:32 AM »
Very informative thanks for sharing.

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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2008, 01:36:55 PM »
The pleasure is all mine, Glen.

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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2008, 01:42:27 PM »
salamat dong Lorenz... maayo gyud ning dunay doctor da.

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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2008, 01:51:49 PM »
The pleasure is all mine, Glen.
Aw o naa man diay ta online Doctor karon maayo ni.
Dong Lorenz unsay maayo itambal og soar throat? Si Kyle og akung banana gipang soar throat sila duha mga langi-on jod labi na si Kyle ang akung bana walay problema kay makatulon pa og ice cream. Ang ako lang Kyle kay garabi jod kalangi-on.
Close na ang clinic karon. Galing og naa kay maayung remedy diha.

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« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2008, 02:08:39 PM »
Adto sa local general store, Glen, naa bitaw na sila oral analgesic sprays. Pero, as soon as your local pediatrician is open, i-pa schedule si Kyle sa meeting kai usually soar throat is a symptom of an allergery, cold, etc. Ning cough ba si Kyle? Runny nose? Kai those are the symptoms jud of allergy. Ug naa siya symptoms aforementioned above, palit lang any cough suppressant/expectorant, nasal decongestant (or both) pood. I suggest Vicks 44, Tussin, Robitussin, Sudafed.

Pero if di ka gusto mo gawas sa balay, sigoro naa ka analgesics sa balay nimo for his soar throat. You can give him acetaminophen (brand name: Tylenol), ibuprofen (brand names: Advil, Motrin, Nuprin) or naproxen (brand name: Aleve). Pero temporary relief ra ni, Glen.

Primary jud i-pa schedule si Kyle sa pediatrician/Family Practitioner.

Sige, 

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« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2008, 02:41:16 PM »
Thank you very much Dong mao bitaw pod ingon sa Nurse. Naa bitaw siya cold og cough mao Robitussin og Sudafed gi inom niya ako ni siya gi adto sa Doctor 3 days ago wala pa siyay infection over the counter lang ang gipapalit unya pag ka ugma nisamot man iyang hilanat galing kuno sa climate change from hot to cold unya balik dayon sa school kulang siguro siya sa rest mao karon pa siya nag react. Na excited pod nga pag balik niya sa school naka dawat siya awards top honor siya sa entire 5th grades mao nagduwa sa gawas all afternoon kauban sa iyang classmates kay nag snow lagi daghan mao nag sledding sila.
Pag ka ugma hilanat, sip-on og ubo maayo gani kay 3 days weekend sila. Hopefully maayo na siya ugma pohon.
Salamat sa advice ha.

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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2008, 01:36:50 AM »
You're welcome, 'te.
Extend my big congratulations to Kyle for his Top Honors! I'm very proud of him :)

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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2008, 10:19:38 AM »
Sure and Kyle said hello to you.

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« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2012, 08:44:19 AM »
what are the fruits and vegetables that will help strengthen your immune system? what i understand is that apple and lemonsito can fortify your immune defenses.

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« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2012, 02:43:32 AM »
what are the fruits and vegetables that will help strengthen your immune system? what i understand is that apple and lemonsito can fortify your immune defenses.

Some fruits and vitamins that can help boost your immune system are those that have the ability to protect against oxygen radicals. Anything rich in ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) are immune boosters:

EG, Lemonsito, oranges, tangerines, star fruit, guava, papaya, ampalaya, watermelon, cantelope, lemon, lime.

One can also take vitamin E , which is able to protect against oxygen super-radicals , and can have an immune protective ability.

I hope that helped. :)

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