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T- Cell B-Cell Collaborations in the Immune System
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T- Cell B-Cell Collaborations in the Immune System
A descriptive overview of the vertebrate adaptive immune response to both intra and extra-cellular pathogens with explicit focus on T-cell B-cell collaboration and antibody response.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages) |
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APA | 2001
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This paper covers the major pathways by which foreign antigens are identified and dealt with through the adaptive immune response which is paramount on B-cell and T-cell responses and interaction with one another in distinct pathways and steps. It includes several diagrams and their explanations of antigens, B-Cells, T-Cells, APC's and more and their interactions and processes they go through.From the Paper:
"All immune responses involving T-cell B-cell collaborations follow distinct pathways of interactions and development. These very pathways of the adaptive immune response are almost entirely dependant on the cellular interaction of B- cells and T- cells with one another. It is within each stage of these pathways and the progression of an adaptive immune response that we will concern ourselves. The following is a condensed synopsis of the adaptive immune response and the cellular interactions that will be the emphasis of this paper. Within secondary lymph tissues foreign antigen is presented to naive B-cells via their surface immunoglobulins (Igs) receptors. The same antigen is also presented to naive T-cells at this time. This presentation and subsequent recognition of antigen by both types of cells results in and end product of proliferation and development of naive B-cells into plasma cells whose function is the production of soluble immunoglobulins (antibodies), and the differentiation and development of memory B-cells whose function is to respond to subsequent exposure to the same antigen. However, this pathway is not self-sufficient and requires the direct interaction of activated T-cells, specifically "helper" T-cells (Th2 cells) 1,9. It is these T-cells in conjunction with the antigen presenting B-cells that interact to produce a hormonal response to infection. These interactions activate Th2 cells that in turn promote B-cell activation both through T-cell secreted cytokines, (interlukeinI1-2, 4 and 5), and also through direct cell to cell contacts involving specific surface proteins and corresponding receptors and the signaling initiated by the binding of these proteins to one another."More papers on T- Cell B-Cell Collaborations in the Immune System:
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APA Citation:
T- Cell B-Cell Collaborations in the Immune System (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-T-Cell-B-Cell-Collaborations-in-the-Immune-System/6457
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"T- Cell B-Cell Collaborations in the Immune System" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-T-Cell-B-Cell-Collaborations-in-the-Immune-System/6457>
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Jul 30, 2002 I attend the university of Redlands in Redlands CA. It is a small private college with a foundation in liberal arts offering major in a wide verity of studies. I am part of an interdisciplinary honors program and I also created my own major focusing in both biological science and chemistry coupled with studies in Sociology, Anthropology and Archaeology. Upon completion of this program I will have the equivalent of both a B.A. in biology and a B.A. in Sociology and plan on attending Medical school. Above all I take the up most pride in my literary work and I hope that it can aid others in their own work and understanding.
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