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Module 1Antigens, Lymphocytes
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Immunology
Undergraduate 3
07/13/2015

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Lysozyme
Definition
Antibacterial protein that disrupts Gram Positive bacterial cell walls
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Adhesins
Definition
Microbial proteins that enable them to better adhere to tissues and surfaces
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Liver
Definition
Site of production of complement proteins
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C1a
Definition
Fragment of a complement protein with inflammatory properties
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C1b
Definition
Active proteolytic enzyme that cleaves C2 protein
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Classical Pathway
Definition
Ironically, the last pathway to be activated
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C1
Definition
Activates C4 in the classical pathway
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C4b2a
Definition
C3 Convertase for the classical pathway
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C3a
Definition
Chemoattractant for WBC's from the classical pathway
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C3b
Definition
Probably the most important fragment of complement in the activation of host defenses; produce din great quantites by C3 Convertase HINT MOTHERF***ING HINT
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C5b
Definition
Activates polymerization
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C5b,C6,C7,C8,C9
Definition
Proteins of the Membrane Attack Complex (MAC)
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C5a
Definition
Increases blood vessel permeability, potent chemoattractant, activates mast cells
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Alternative Pathway
Definition
First complement pathway to be activated
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C3bBb
Definition
C3 Convertase from alternative pathway
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Classical and Mannose-Binding Lectin
Definition
Identical Convertase enzymes in these two pathways
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Complementarity Determining Region
Definition
CDR (There are 3 of them)
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TDT
Definition
Adds nucleotides to recently cut DNA during VJ-Recombination
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Variability, Diversity, Joining
Genes of the Heavy Chain
Definition
V(H), D(H), J(H) Stand for...
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