BASIC IMMUNOLOGY

Our Bodys Defense

For you formed my inward

parts; you knitted me together
in my mother's womb. I praise
you, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully
made. Wonderful are your
works; my soul knows it very
well.
Psalms 139:13-16, ESV

MAIN TERMS:
Pathogen foreign bacteria, disease-causing
microorganisms;
Antigen.
White Blood Cells (WBC) cells in the blood that fights
off
pathogens.

FUNCTIONS of immune system

Immune defenses identify self from non-self
Protect against microbes
Viruses
Bacteria
Fungi
Parasites
Isolate or remove nonmicrobial foreign substances
Destroy cancer cells

Function is called Immune surveillance

KEY PLAYERS
1. Sentinel Cells / Non-Specific Cells neutrophils,
monocytes,
phagocytes, NK Cells
2. Specific Cells B - Lymphocytes, T Lymphocytes

COMBAT UNITS
OF THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM

MACROPHAGES
Target:
anything they
find in their
path.
Role: to ingest
harmful
microorganis
ms; to
activate
helper T
lymphocytes
(TH1 and
TH2)

NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELLS

Target:
infected cells
Mission: to kill
cells that
appear to be
abnormal

T helper type 1
lymphocytes (TH1)

T helper type 2
lymphocytes (TH2)

Character: Captain of the

cytotoxic T lymphocytes
(bearing a small crest of a
marksman on their
sweaters)
Role: to activate cytotoxic
T lymphocytes

Character: Captain of the

B lymphocytes (bearing a
small crest of Robin Hood
on their sweaters)
Role: to activate B
lymphocytes

T LYMPHOCYTES
Target:
infected cell
Role: to kill
infected cells

B LYMPHOCYTES
Target:
microorganisms
and infected
cells
Role: to secrete
antibodies that
attach to
microorganisms
or cells thereby
helping to
destroy them

EXTERNAL BARRIERS
Skin & Mucous membranes of RT and GIT

WHAT HAPPENS THEN?

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INNATE IMMUNITY (NONSPECIFIC)

SENTINEL CELLS, INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, FEVER

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CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY
(SPECIFIC)
B-Lymphocytes, T-Lypmhocytes

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SEE YOU TILL THE NEXT

INFECTION! ^_^

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Diseases/abnormalities
Allergies
Auto-immune
CA

How to strengthen

Our body is the temple of GOD

Inflammatory response