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How dendritic cells (DCs) orchestrate adaptive immunity
1- Sensing of microbial and damage signals by DCs
2- Phenotypic
orchestrate adaptive immunity ... activation 3- DC ... DCs #adaptive #immunity ... #immunology #pathophysiology
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
Continued Innate Immunity ... destruction Acquired Immunity ... #Inflammation #pathophysiology ... #immunology
Immune Reactions and Immunosuppressant Drugs

Glucocorticoids - Inhibition of cytokine synthesis, e.g., IL-1, IL-2
Muromonab-CD3 - Monoclonal antibody
Calcineurin
IL-2 Muromonab-CD3 ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology ... #immunology
Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
Anaphylaxis: Signs ... phase symptoms Signs ... #Anaphylaxis #pathophysiology ... #immunology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Humoral Immunity - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Antigens (Ag) are produced from pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites)
Humoral Immunity ... present Ag to CD4 ... contribute to immunity ... #pathophysiology ... #immunology
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Signs of immunodeficiency ... adaptive humoral immunity ... Signs/Symptoms ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology ... #immunology
Inflammatory mechanism of asthma. 
Airway epithelial cells exposed to activation stimuli, including allergens, viruses, and irritants,
dendritic cell (DC ... activate naive CD4 ... #asthma #pathophysiology ... #inflammatory #immunology
Cellular and humoral immune responses of the adaptive immune system. Activated T cells accomplish cellular immune
associated with CD4 ... or CD8, depending ... ImmuneResponses #immunology ... #pathophysiology
Type IV Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Unique because it is entirely T-Cell mediated; exposure to
-> Particular CD4 ... HypersensitivityReaction #Allergy #Immunology ... #pathophysiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Difficile Infection (CDI ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... x 10d • 1st CDI ... IDSA 2021 CDI