The Central And Peripheral B Cell Tolerance

In B-cells the quality control checks are done with a surrogate light chain to make sure that the heavy chain is functional. During the pro-B-cell stage the heavy chain assembles with the surrogate light chain and Igβ. If it is successful, then it shows it forms a functional pre-B-cell and signals to shut down gene rearrangement at the heavy chain. If it cannot do that then the cell will not get the signal to survive and it will die. Next the B-cell generates a light chain gene diversity in pre-B-cells then is checked for its functional B-cell receptor. Without functional B-cell receptor it will not get the signal to survive and will die.

Lymphocytes that become part of antibody-mediated immunity arm of the adaptive immune response develop in the:

IgG – funtions in neutralizing, opsonation, compliment activation, antibody dependent cell-mediated cytocity, neonatal immunity, and feedback inhibition of B-cells and found in the blood.

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Lymphocytes are vital to the human body to protect us against disease and initiate an immune response. Each person possesses billions of lymphocytes which collectively provide an individual with the ability to respond to a huge variety of antigens. The wide

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Tissue sample presented with large population of B cells, labelled with CD20, in follicles and macrophages labelled with CD68 were also visible in the intrafollicular zone, both are indicative of a humoral immune response.

When a virus invades the human body there is an assortment of responses from the immune system relying largely on the particular pathogen type. Viruses invade the host with the purpose of replication to ensure survival. My cytosolic virus is a single stranded RNA virus. The virus is surrounded by an envelope with a lipid membrane. Inside the envelope are matrix proteins, integrase, protease, reverse transcriptase and the RNA genome. All viruses contain three proteins necessary for their survival; one for replication, one for packaging and delivering it to more host cells and a protein that modifies the function or structure of the host

Explain the involvement of immune cells (B, C, T, antigen presenting cells and immune complex).

Immunology basically involves understanding the immune system and how it responds to various disease conditions. the immune system consists of a number of components. Traditionally, it is divided into humoral and cellular immune responses. It can also be distinguished into innate and adaptive immunity. The innate immunity can discriminate between normal tissues , self and newly encountered non-self-proteins while the adaptive immunity is the more complex system aimed at the eradication of intracellular pathogens. To do this, antigen derived from such pathogens that are often new to the host organism, need to be recognised by receptor-bearing specialised immune cells which respond to a complex system of stimulatory and costimulatory signals. Better understanding of the human immune system has led to the identification of a number of tumor-associated antigens in the 1980s and the development of various immunotherapeutic approaches. In recent years, identification of the specific antigenic MHC class I epitopes, advancements in genetic engineering, gene delivery, and cell-based therapeutic approaches allowed development of the novel immunotherapeutics.

They are known as T- Lymphocytes and B-Lymphocytes. B-cells are usually distinguished with humoral immunity because b-cells circulate freely through the lymph system. Whereas T-cells are distinguished by humoral immune response because they act with antigens within other cells. Once these lymphocyte have been produced with the help of bone marrow stromal cells (which are a type of stem cell that is present in red bone marrow) they are released into the blood stream where they travel up to the thymus, and other lymphoid organs. When B-cells, also known as memory cells, leave the bone marrow, they become activated (true b-cells) This process involves the addition of a membrane protein known as immunoglobin M. (IgM) This membrane protein acts a receptor for antigens. Therefore they can said to be the binding site for antibodies. Once an antigen attaches itself to IgM receptor, a signal transduction pathway occurs through tails that descend down into the cells cytoplasm causing them to release antibodies. The second cell type, T-cells, are produced in the bone marrow, through the the same way B-cells are produced. The only difference is they mature in the thymus. This occurs because they undergo genetic recombination of their alpha

Before encountering an antigen, a naïve B cell expresses both IgM and IgD on its surface. A single transcript of VDJ CμCδ is alternatively spliced to yield either the μ or the δ heavy chains.

The organs that make up the lymphatic and immune system are the tonsils, spleen, thymus gland, lymph nodes, and lymphatic vessels. White blood cells (leukocytes), red blood cells (erythrocytes), plasma, and platelets (thrombocytes) make up the blood. Lymphocytes are leukocytes (white blood cells) that help the body fight off diseases. Two types of lymphocytes are B cells and T cells. Lymphocytes recognize antigens, or foreign substances/matter, in the body. Lymphocytes are a classification of agranulocytes, or cells (-cytes) without (a-) granules (granul/o) in the cytoplasm. B cells are created from stem cells, which are located in the bone marrow. B cells respond to antigens by becoming plasma cells. These plasma cells then create antibodies. Memory B cells produce a stronger response with the next exposure to the antigen. B cells fight off infection and bacteria while T cells defend against viruses and cancer cells. A hormone created by the thymus gland called thymosin changes lymphocytes into T cells. The thymus gland is active when you are a child and slowly shrinks, as you get older. T cells bind to the antigens on the cells and directly attack them. T cells secrete lymphokines that increase T cell production and directly kill cells with antigens. There are three types of T cells: cytotoxic T cells, helper T cells, and memory T cells.

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