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Micro exam 4
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
10/18/2010

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Rheumatic fever
Definition
Heart / damage to heart valves
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Myasthenia gravis
Definition
acetylcholine receptors / weakness, paralysis
Term
Lupus
Definition
Various Ags, including DNA / inflammation in various sites
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Type 1 Diabetes
Definition
β cells of pancreas / no insulin producation
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Multiple schlerosis
Definition
Myelin sheaths of nerves / progressive paralysis
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Agammglobulimenia
Definition
No Abs
B Cells do not mature
No humoral immunity
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DiGeorge’s Syndrome
Definition
No thymus
No mature T cells
No cell mediated immunity
Lots of tumors
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SCID – Severe Combined ImmunoDeficiency
Definition
No B nor T cells
No gene for ADA enzyme
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IgD
Definition
combining site/antibody on B cells
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IgE
Definition
immediate allergies type 1, built up on mast cells, triggers release of histamine
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IgA
Definition
secretions, mother's milk
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