'Human leukocyte antigen' presentation slideshows

Immunity

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Fire Ant Stings and Other Mishaps: Immnology

Fire Ant Stings and Other Mishaps: Immnology. Donna Sullivan, PhD. Host Defensive Systems. 1st line of defense - intact skin mucous membranes and their secretions 2nd line of defense - phagocytic white blood cells inflammation -complement fever -interferon 3rd line of defense-

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Objectives

Objectives. Overview of HLA genes and their function Importance of HLA in solid organ transplantation Overview of HLA typing and histocompatibility testing in solid organ transplantation. HLA testing in solid organ transplantation. Dr. Robert Liwski, MD, PhD, FRCPC

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Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies and Systemic Sclerosis

Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies and Systemic Sclerosis. Victor Politi, M.D., FACP Medical Director, SVCMC, School of Allied Health, Physician Assistant Program. HLA stands for Human Leukocyte Antigen

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Understanding Immune Recognition

Understanding Immune Recognition. B cells can recognise antigens via their surface Ig molecules T cells can only recognise antigen in association with a Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecule. Antigen Recognition. B cells can recognise antigens via their surface Ig molecules

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MICR 201 Microbiology for Health Related Sciences

Lecture 10: Adaptive Immunity Edith Porter, M.D. MICR 201 Microbiology for Health Related Sciences. Lecture outline. Concept of immunity Innate immunity Adaptive immunity Humoral and cellular adaptive immunity Antigens and antibodies B cells and humoral immunity

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ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUK AEMIA

ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUK AEMIA. UNIT V PRESENTATION. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a unique subtype of the acute leukemias .

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Disorders Associated with the Immune System

Disorders Associated with the Immune System. Disorders Associated with the Immune System. Infection and immunosuppression are failures of the immune system. Superantigens cause release of cytokines that cause adverse host responses.

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Disorders Associated with the Immune System

Disorders Associated with the Immune System. Disorders Associated with the Immune System. Infection and immunosuppression are failures of the immune system. Superantigens cause release of cytokines that cause adverse host responses.

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A Few More Things About B Cell Development

A Few More Things About B Cell Development. Cellular and Molecular Immunology Chapters 7 & 9. Allelic exclusion. Isotypic exclusion. The steps in immunoglobulin gene rearrangement at which cells can be lost. Clonal deletion-Antigen-induced loss from the B cell population

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Intestinal Transplantation

Intestinal Transplantation. Intestinal failure is characterized by the inability to maintain protein energy, fluid, electrolyte, or micronutrient balance due to GI disease when on a normal diet.

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Antigen presentation to T lymphocytes Chapter 5

Antigen presentation to T lymphocytes Chapter 5. Objectives. Explain and illustrate the mechanisms of antigen processing for presentation on MHC I MHC II Describe how polygeny and polymorphism contribute to variation in MHC in a population. Antigen processing.

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Transplant Rejection

Transplant Rejection. Major Histocompatibility complex (MHC). Also known as Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) They are encoded cell surface molecules that are specialized to present antigenic peptide to T-cells. Controlled by Genes Located on Chromosome 6. Role of MHC.

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ANTIBODIES VARIABILITY IN TYPE 1 DIABETES-Clinical implications?

ANTIBODIES VARIABILITY IN TYPE 1 DIABETES-Clinical implications?. Dr M A LAMKI Senior Consult. Endocrinologist Royal hosp.Oman. Introduction.

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Module 1

Module 1. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. HSCT, haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Learning objectives. To understand the difference between allogeneic and autologous HSCT To understand the types of and reasons for the different HSCT conditioning regimens

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THE STRUCTURE OF MHC MOLECULES

THE STRUCTURE OF MHC MOLECULES. MEMBERS OF THE IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUPERGENE FAMILY. MOLECULES CONTAINING ONE OR MORE Ig DOMAIN(S) V or C domain related. FUNCTION RECOGNITION Ig, TCR, MHC-I, MHC-II ADHESION ICAM-1, ICAM-2, VCAM-1, NCAM BINDING

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Cells, tissues and organs

Cells, tissues and organs. All living organisms are made up of cells . Large numbers of cells group together to form tissue . Tissues can combine to form organs . Kidney function. The kidneys act as sieves. As blood passes through they filter out:

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