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Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Immunology glossary- start to build this up throughout the topic

specific defence mechanism
non-specific defence mechanism
physical barriers (mechanical, physical, biological, chemical)
phagocytes
phagocytosis
phagosome
phagolysosome
monocytes
neutrophils
chemotaxis
macrophages
lysosome
vesicle (phagocytic vesicle)
pathogen
pathogenic
lymphocyte
B-cell/ lymphocyte
T-cell/ lymphocyte
  • T-helper cells
  • T-suppressor cells
  • Killer T-cells
  • Memory T-cells
memory cell
humoral response
antibody
monoclonal antibodies (MABs)
antigen
epitope
antigen-binding sites ('sticky ends')
vaccine
histamine
MHC-major histocompatibility complex-protein
endocytosis
exocytosis
inflammation

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