Immunity-Specific immune response

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What is an immune response?
A specific response to the detection of pathogens in the body
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What do pathogens carry on their surface?
Molecules on their outer surface which are recognised as 'non-self' or 'foreign'
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What are the foreign molecules called and what may they consist of ?
Antigens; may consist of protein, carbohydrate or glycoprotein
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How do lymphocytes differ?
Biochemically
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What does the lymphocyte carry on their cell surface membrane?
A special protein receptor which is complementary in shape to the antigen
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What are stem cells?
Unspecialised cells that can give rise to a variety of specialised cells
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Where are many lymphocytes produced?
The stem cells in the bone marrow
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When would there be no lymphocytes set up ?
To respond to any molecules on the cell-surface membranes of that individuals own cells ('self' antigens')
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What are the two types of lymphocytes?
-B-lymphocytes
(B-cells)

-T-lymphocytes(T-cells)
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Where do T&B cells mature?
B=Bone marrow
T=Thymus
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What immune response does B-lymphocytes produce?
Antibody-mediated
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What immune response does T-lymphocytes produce?
Cell-mediated
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How does activation of a lymphocyte occur?
The lymphocyte coming into contact with a 'non-self' antigen that its receptors recognises
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What will the B-cell recognise?
The antigen on the pathogen itself
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What will the T-cell recognise?
The infected cells since they display the pathogen's antigens on their surface(antigen-presenting cells)
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What are the lymphocytes said to be ,once they come into contact?
Sensitised
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What happens once they're sensitised?
They divide by mitosis and then are cloned
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On average how long is the delay between contact with the antigen and the cloning of the required lymphocytes?
4 days; person suffers from the disease caused by the pathogen
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