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despite being surrounded by harmful
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organisms toxins and the threat of our
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own cells turning into tumor cells
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humans manage to survive thanks largely
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to our immune
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system the immune system is made up of
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organs tissues cells and molecules that
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all work together to generate an immune
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response that protects us from
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microorganisms removes toxins and
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destroys tumor cells hopefully though
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not all at once the immune response can
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identify a threat mount an attack
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eliminate a pathogen and develop
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mechanisms to remember the offender in
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case you encounter it again all within
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10 days in some cases like if the
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pathogen is particularly stubborn or if
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the immune system starts attacking
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something it shouldn't like your own
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tissue it can last much longer for
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months to years and that leads to
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chronic
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inflammation your immune system is like
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the military with two main branches
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the innate immune response and the
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Adaptive immune response the innate
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immune response includes cells that are
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non-specific meaning that although they
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distinguish an Invader from a human cell
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they don't distinguish one Invader from
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another Invader the innate response is
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also feverishly fast working within
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minutes to hours get it feverishly
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that's cuz it's responsible for causing
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fevers the trade-off for that speed is
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that there's no memory associated with
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innate responses in other words the
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innate response will respond to the same
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pathogen in the exact same way no matter
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how many times it sees the
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pathogen the innate immune response
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includes things that you might not even
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think of as being part of the immune
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system things like chemical barriers
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like Lymes in the tears and a low PH in
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the stomach as well as physical barriers
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like the epithelium in the skin and gut
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and the cyia that line the Airways to
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keep Invaders out in contrast the
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Adaptive immune response is highly
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specific for for each Invader the cells
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of the Adaptive immune response have
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receptors that differentiate one
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pathogen from another by their unique
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Parts called
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antigens adaptive immunity is also
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diverse meaning it can recognize almost
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an infinite number of specific antigens
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and mount a specific response against
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each of them the trade-off is that the
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Adaptive response relies on cells being
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primed or activated so they can fully
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differentiate into the right kind of
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fighter to kill that pathogen and that
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can take a few weeks but the great
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advantage of the Adaptive immune
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response is immunologic memory the cells
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that are activated in the Adaptive
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immune response undergo clonal expansion
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which means that they massively
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proliferate and each time the Adaptive
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cells see that same pathogen they
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massively proliferate again resulting in
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a stronger and faster response each time
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that pathogen comes around once that
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pathogen is destroyed most of the
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clonally expanded cells die off and
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that's called clonal deletion but some
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of the clonally expanded cells live on
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as memory cells and they're ready to
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expand once more if the pathogen ever
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resurfaces now it's time to meet the
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soldiers which are the white blood cells
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or lucaites
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hematopoesis is the process of forming
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white blood cells as well as red blood
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cells and platelets and it primarily
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takes place in the bone marrow
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hematopoesis starts with a multi- potent
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hematopoetic stem cell which can develop
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into various cell types its future is
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undecided some become myoid progenitor
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cells whereas others become lymphoid
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progenitor
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cells the myoid progenitor cells develop
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into myoid cells which include
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neutrophils eosinophils basophils masted
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cells dendritic cells macroasia and
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monocytes all of which are part of the
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innate immune response and can be found
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in the blood as well as in the tissues
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the neutrophils eosinophils and
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basophils are considered granulocytes
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because they contain granules in their
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cytoplasm and neutrophils in particular
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are also referred to as
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polymorphonuclear cells or pmns because
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their nuclei contain multiple loes
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instead of being
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round during an immune response the bone
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marrow produces lots of cells many of
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which are nutrifil neutrophils use a
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process called phagocytosis that's where
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they get near pathogen and reach around
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it with their cytoplasm to swallow it
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whole so that it ends up in a fagone
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from there the neutrophils can destroy
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the pathogen using two methods they can
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use their cytoplasmic granules or
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oxidative burst first the cytoplasmic
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granules Fus with a phagosome to form
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the fago liome the granules contain
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molecules that lower the pH of the fagal
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liome making it very acidic and that
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kills about 2% of the
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pathogens now the neutr fill doesn't
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stop there it keeps swallowing up more
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and more path pathogens until it's full
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of pathogens and at that point it
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unleashes the oxidative burst during an
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oxidative burst the neutr produces lots
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of highly reactive oxygen species like
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hydrogen peroxide these molecules start
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to destroy nearby proteins and nucleic
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acids within the phagolysosomes which
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are the components of the pathogen that
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has been ingested the net result is that
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the pathogen is
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eliminated now in comparison to
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neutrophils eosinophils and basophils
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are far less common they both contain
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granules that contain histamine and
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other pro-inflammatory molecules
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eosinophils stained pink with the D
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eosin which is where they get their name
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they are aiic cells even though it's
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not their primary mechanism of attack
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they are best known for fighting large
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and unwieldy helic parasites or worms by
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releasing molecules that can poke holes
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in the outer layer of helmets these
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cells are also involved in allergic
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reactions such as atopic dermatitis and
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allergic rinitis also known as hay fever
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when involved in allergic reactions
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eosinophils degranulate meaning they
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release various enzymes and proteins
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within their granules and this causes an
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inflammatory
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reaction next you have basophils and
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they stain blue with the di hematoxylin
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and unlike neutrophils basophils are
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non- aidic on the flip side they
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have granules that contain histamine and
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other pro-inflammatory molecules
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therefore they are important in
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initiating allergic
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responses finally there are the masted
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cells which live in tissues not in the
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blood and they're very similar to
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basophils they are also non- aiic
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and are involved in allergic
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responses next up are the monocytes
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macrofagos and dendritic cells which are
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also aiic cells they gobble up
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pathogens present antigens and release
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cyto which are tiny molecules that
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attract other immune cells to to the
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area monocytes only circulate in the
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blood some monocytes migrate into
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tissues and differentiate into macras
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which remain in tissues and aren't found
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in the blood dendritic cells are the
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prototypical antigen presenting cell
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dendritic cells are usually found in
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sites that are in contact with most
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external antigens like the skin
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epithelium or the gastrointestinal
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mucosa when dendritic cells are young
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and immature they're excellent at
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phagocytosis constantly eating large of
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protein found in the intial fluid but
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when a dendritic cell phagocytose is a
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pathogen it's a life-changing Coming of
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Age moment mature dendritic cells will
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destroy the pathogen and break up its
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protein into short amino acid
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chains dendritic cells will then move
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through the lymph to the nearest lymph
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node and they'll perform an antigen
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presentation which is where they present
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those amino acid chains which are
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antigens to te- cells antigen
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presentation is what connects the Nate
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and adaptive immune systems antigen
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presentation is something that can be
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done by dendritic cells macrofagos as
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well as monocytes which is why all of
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these cells are referred to as antigen
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presenting cells dendritic cells are the
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best of this process because they are
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the only cells that live where pathogens
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enter through the epithelia like skin
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gut and Airways and they are the only
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cells that can traffic from these
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tissues to lymph nodes where te- cells
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circulate now only tea cells with
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receptor that can bind to the specific
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shape of the antigen will be activated
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and that's called priming it's similar
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to how a lock will only snap open when a
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key with a very specific shape goes in
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however te- cells can only see their
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antigen if it is presented to them on a
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silver platter and on a molecular level
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that platter is the major hysto
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compatibility complex or MHC for short
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so the antigen presenting cell will load
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the antigen on an MHC molecule and
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display it to t- cells
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and when the right t- cell comes along
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it
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binds the final group of blood cells the
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lymphocytes includes B cells t- cells
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and natural killer cells B and t- cells
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make up the Adaptive immune response
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while natural killer cells are part of
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the innate immune system B cells and
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natural killer cells complete their
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development where they started in the
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bone marrow whereas some lymphoid
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progenitor cells migrate to the thymus
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where they develop into tea cells
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all of the lymphocytes are able to
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travel in and out of tissue and the
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bloodstream natural killer cells are
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large lymphocytes with granules and they
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target cells infected with intracellular
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organisms like viruses as well as cells
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that pose a threat like cancer cells
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natural killer cells kill their target
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cells by releasing cytotoxic granules
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these granules contain molecules that
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punch holes in the Target cell membrane
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by binding directly to the phospholipids
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and and creating pores and release some
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molecules that get inside the cell and
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cause target cells to undergo apoptosis
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which is a type of program cell
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death B cells like t- cells also have a
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receptor on their surface that allows
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them to only bind to an antigen that has
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a very specific shape the main
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difference is that B cells do not need
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antigens to be presented to them on an
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MHC molecule they can simply bind to an
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antigen directly when a B cell binds to
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a protein antigen that's on the surface
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of a pathogen it's capable of
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internalizing that antigen degrading it
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and presenting it to te- cells so
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technically they're also antigen
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presenting cells as well like other
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antigen presenting cells the B cell
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loads the antigen onto an MHC molecule
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called mhc2 and displays it to t-
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cells when a T Cell gets activated it
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helps the B cell mature into a plasma
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cell and a plas plasma cell can secrete
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lots and lots of
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antibodies typically it takes a few
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weeks for antibody levels to Peak the
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antibodies or immunoglobulins have the
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exact same antigen specificity as the B
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cell they came from antibodies are just
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the B cell receptor in a secreted form
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so they can circulate in the plasma
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which is the non-cellular part of blood
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attaching to pathogens and tagging them
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for Destruction because antibodies
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aren't bound to cells and Float freely
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in the blood this is considered Ed
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humoral immunity a throwback to the term
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humors which refers to body
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fluids now the final type of lymphoid
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cell is the te- cell and it's in charge
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of cell mediated immunity te- cells are
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antigen specific but they cannot secrete
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their antigen receptor a naive te- cell
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can be activated or primed to allow it
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to turn into a mature te- cell by any of
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the antigen presenting cells but most
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often it's done by a dendritic cell now
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there are two main types of t- cells CD4
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T cells and cd8 T cells where CD stands
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for cluster of differentiation there are
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hundreds of CD markers in the immune
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system and these CD markers are useful
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in telling different cells apart for
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example all T cells are CD3 positive
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because CD3 is part of the T Cell
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antigen receptor so CD4 positive t-
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cells are actually CD3 positive CD4
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positive and these cells are called
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helper cells because they're like
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minerals on the battlefield they secrete
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cyto kindes that help coordinate the
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efforts of macroasia and B cells helper
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T cells can only see their antigen if
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it's presented on an mhc2 molecule cd8
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positive t- cells are CD3 positive cd8
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positive and they're called cytotoxic
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te- cells because they kill target cells
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really similarly to how natural killer
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cells do it with one major difference
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cd8 positive T cells only kill cells
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that present a specific antigen on an
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MHC c 1 molecule which is structurally
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similar to the mhc2 molecule whereas
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natural killer cells aren't nearly as
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specific in who they
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kill so now let's go through a complete
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immune response with the bacterial
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pathogen in the
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lungs to start the bacteria will have to
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get breathed in slip by your nose hairs
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past the Celia in the Airways and will
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then have to penetrate past the
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epithelium layer of the lungs once it's
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in the lung tissue the bacteria will
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start to divide and might encounter a
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resonant macras in the lung tissue which
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will ingest the bacteria and start
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releasing cyto kindes those cyto kindes
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start the inflammatory process by making
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blood vessels leaky and attracting
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nearby eosinophils basophils and masted
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cells which release their own cyto
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kindes and granules amplifying the
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inflammation nutrifil from the blood as
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well as fresh new ones from the bone
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marrow dive into the tissue and join the
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battle if the pathogen was a virus
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natural killer cells would would help
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destroy the infected cells at this point
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this is all part of the innate immune
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response around this point in the
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infection immature dendritic cells
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residing under the epithelium digest the
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pathogens and move from the lung tissue
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over to a nearby lymph node where they
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present the processed antigen on an mhc2
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protein to a naive tea cell the
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dendritic cell which is part of the
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innate immune response Bridges the
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innate and the Adaptive immune responses
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when it presents the antigen to the te-
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cell which is part of the Adaptive
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immune
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response sometimes if the infection is
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spreading bacteria might find its way to
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a lymph node without the help of a
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dendritic cell in this case b cells part
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of the Adaptive immune response might
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directly phagocytose the bacteria and
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present it to a naive CD4 positive t-
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cell either way if the antigen is the
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right fit for the te- cell the te- cell
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will begin to differentiate and undergo
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clonal expansion differentiated CD4
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positive t- cells will release cyto
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kindes that will induce B cells to
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differentiate into plasma cells which
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secrete antibodies that will go into the
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lymph and then into the bloodstream the
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antibodies will tag pathogens making it
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easier for the fago sites to eat them
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some cyto kindes will activate macras to
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kill bacteria that have been but
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cannot be killed by the maccrage alone
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unless it gets help from its friends the
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tea cells of course if the pathogen was
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a virus living and replicating in the
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cyop plasma of the infected cells the
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cd8 positive T cells would kill any
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infected cells that Express the viral
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antigen on an
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mhc1 over time as the invading pathogen
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dies off most of the BNT cells die of
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neglect but a few turn into memory B
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cells and memory t- cells which linger
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for years in case they're needed in the
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future all right as a quick recap the
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immune system has an innate and an
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Adaptive response the innate immune
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response is immediate iate but
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non-specific and lacks
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memory whereas the Adaptive immune
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response is highly specific and
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remembers everything but it takes
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several days to get started and almost
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two weeks to
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