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Inflammatory mechanism of asthma. 
Airway epithelial cells exposed to activation stimuli, including allergens, viruses, and irritants,
Inflammatory mechanism ... switching and maturation ... #asthma #pathophysiology ... #inflammatory # ... immunology
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
Inflammatory Cascade ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... cell activity #Inflammatory ... #Inflammation #pathophysiology ... #immunology
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
Angiostrongyliasis ... intestinal wall, and maturation ... tissues causes an inflammatory ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Pathogenesis and clinical ... involved in B cell maturation ... BTK -> Impaired maturation ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology ... #immunology
Type I Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Production of lgE Antibodies that bind to harmless allergens
Pathogenesis and clinical ... release the pro-inflammatory ... secretion • Inflammatory ... HypersensitivityReaction #Allergy #Immunology ... #pathophysiology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
for All Types of Inflammatory ... response to an inflammatory ... ferritin level, and iron ... saturation of serum ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
neutropenia, and iron ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases