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Immune Response Adaptive Immune 2 Adaptive or Acquired Immune Response Protects against infectious agents and abnormal body cells Amplifies the inflammatory response Activates complement 3. Lori Herrington. Chaparral High School. What is immunology?. Very simply, it is the study of our body’s defense against infection and disease.. Even though we are constantly bombarded by microorganisms, we rarely become sick. Why?. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. NONSPECIFIC DEFENSES AGAINST INFECTION INCLUDE THE. SKIN. MUCOUS MEMBRANES. PHAGOCYTIC CELLS. ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. NONSPECIFIC DEFENSE MEANS THAT THEY DON’T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MICROBES. Department of . Immunology. IMMU 7070-Introductory Immunology 2010-2011. Dr. . Nyla . Dil. 437 Apotex Centre. 272-3149. Oct 20, 2011. Objectives. . To understand how the immune system performs its major physiologic function.. Non-specific Immunity. Born with some immunity . Helps prevent disease. Helps slow disease progression. First line of defense. Non-specific, cont. .. Physical Barrier- . unbroken skin . Immunology. - the study of host defense mechanisms. Immunity. -. ability of the host to protect itself against foreign organisms. Resistance to disease.. Antigen (Ag)- . is a foreign substance that can elicit specific immune response (IR) when is immunogenic. Variation.. Rachel W. Soares, Luciana R. Barroso, Omar A. S. Al-Fahdawi. ..  . Zachry Department of Civil Engineering-Texas A&M University. 3136 TAMU, 199 Spence Street, College Station, TX, 77843-3136, USA.. Kuby. . Immunology. , . 7e: Chapter 1. A historical perspective of immunology. What is immunity?. Immunity is the state of protection against foreign pathogens or substances (antigens). Latin term . 16. Chapter 21 . Immunity. Resistance to disease. Immune system has two intrinsic systems. Innate (nonspecific) defense system. Adaptive (specific) defense system. Immunity . Innate defense system has two lines of defense. The Immune System. The immune system is a group of cells & soluble molecules, which interact & distinguish patterns in the body as “self” or “non-self,” in order to eliminate those that are “non-self.”. Immunological unresponsiveness to self is referred to as . tolerance. or . self-tolerance. Very important to human health. How is this achieved?. -cells with receptors for self-antigens are destroyed in the thymus or bone marrow (central tolerance). Principles . of Vaccination. : . Vaccination is one of the most effective medical interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality of infectious diseases. The main principle of vaccination is the proactive induction of a protective immune response by mimicking the natural interaction of an infectious pathogen (bacteria, viruses, etc.) with the human immune system (Fig 1). Features of adaptive immunity:. Adaptive immunity is characterized by the following:. 1. Antigenic specificity: (. highly specific).. 2. Diversity : . ( each antigen there is specific T-cell and B-cell for it).. OA. OBJECTIVES. At the end of the lecture, students will be able to:. Explain the role of the immune system. Describe the two types of immunity. Explain antibodies and its various types. Define immunodeficiency. 19 April 2013. Professor . Julian Dyson. Section of Molecular Immunology. Department of . Medicine. Immune response to microbial challenge. Commensal microbiota. Links between innate and adaptive immunity.