Adaptive Specific Host Defenses (Microbiology)

Recall cards on the adaptive, specific host defenses. Overview of specific adaptive immunity: specificity and memory, primary and secondary responses, humoral versus cell-mediated immunity, antigens and epitopes, haptens, and the five antibody classes (IgG, IgM, IgA, IgD, IgE) with their structures and functions. Major histocompatibility complexes and antigen-presenting cells: MHC class I and class II, antigen processing, and cross-presentation. T lymphocytes and cellular immunity: thymic selection and tolerance, T-cell receptors, CD4 helper and CD8 cytotoxic T cells, perforin and granzymes, and superantigens. B lymphocytes and humoral immunity: B-cell receptors, T-dependent and T-independent activation, plasma cells, class switching, memory B cells, and the kinetics of the primary and secondary antibody responses. And vaccines: variolation and Jenner, herd immunity, and the live attenuated, inactivated, subunit, toxoid, conjugate, and DNA vaccine types.