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Immunology Chapter 4
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Immunology
Intermediate
09/22/2016

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Adhesions
Definition
play a major role in cell-cell interaction as well as cell locomotion
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Negative
Definition
selection of T cells eliminating self-reacting clones
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Pleotropic
Definition
the ability of one cytokine to act on multiple cells and have multiple functions
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Tolerance
Definition
a state of immunological unresponsiveness specific for a particular antigen
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Redundant
Definition
the ability of different cytokines to have the same effect
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Chemokines
Definition
cytokines that regulate the recruitment and movement of a variety of different cells
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autocrine
Definition
the effect of a cytokine on the cell that secretes it
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Cytotoxic
Definition
T cells expressing CD8
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Positive
Definition
selection of T cells resultting in MHC restriction of repertoire
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Paracrine
Definition
the effect of a cytokine on a nearby cell
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Regulatory
Definition
T cells expressing CD4 and CD25
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Helper
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T cells expressing CD4
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Haplotype
Definition
a set of alleles from a particular chromosome that are transmitted together
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Synergistic
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the effect of two cytokines that is more than the sum of the effect of each cytokine
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