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What is the role of dendritic cells in the immune response?
To present antigens to T-cells
What are the two main arms of the adaptive immune response?
Cell-mediated immunity and humoral immunity
What is the function of T helper cells?
To activate B cells and cytotoxic T cells
What is an epitope?
A site on an antigen that is recognized by an antigen receptor
What is the function of B cells?
To produce antibodies
What is the adaptive immune response?
The specific immune response to a particular antigen
What is the difference between an antigen and an epitope?
An antigen is a protein, while an epitope is a site on the protein
What is the role of cytotoxic T cells?
To recognize and eliminate infected cells
What is the function of an antibody?
To recognize and bind to specific epitopes on antigens
What is the difference between humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity?
Humoral immunity involves antibodies, while cell-mediated immunity involves immune cells
Understand the course of a typical acute infection, comparison of primary and secondary immune response, immunological memory, and the generation of memory T cells. Learn about the affinity and amount of antibody increase with repeated immunization and somatic hypermutation.
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