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Innate Immune Cells - Pathophysiology
The innate immune system consists of granulocytes, mast cells, natural killer cells,
Innate Immune Cells ... - Pathophysiology ... require previous pathogen ... internalizing pathogens ... #Cells #Pathophysiology
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
Inflammatory Cascade ... engulf foreign pathogens ... System: opsonize pathogen ... cell activity #Inflammatory ... #Inflammation #pathophysiology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) - Pathophysiology
Risk factors:
 - Low CD4 count
 - Disseminated OI
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Immune Reconstitution ... (IRIS) - Pathophysiology ... factors: - Low CD4 ... Restoration of exuberant pathogen-specific ... Syndrome #IRIS #Pathophysiology
Cellular and humoral immune responses of the adaptive immune system. Activated T cells accomplish cellular immune
of the adaptive immune ... associated with CD4 ... or CD8, depending ... intracellular pathogen ... ImmuneResponses #immunology #pathophysiology
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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CD3-CD4+ T cells ... HTLVI) - Chronic inflammatory ... related disease, inflammatory ... malignancy - Immune
Pathophysiology of Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis

C1q/anti-C1q antibiody ->
Immune Complex Formation - Complement Pathway Activation (C3a and C5a)
Pathophysiology ... antibiody -> Immune ... and perivascular inflammatory ... cells -> Incr Immune ... Vasculitis #HUV #Pathophysiology
Pathogenesis of meningitis 

Risk factors for pathogen entry include immunocompromised state (HIV positive, cancer, chemotherapy patients,
Risk factors for pathogen ... Following pathogen ... invasion, the immune ... Immune cells and ... #Meningitis #Pathophysiology
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Idiopathic Inflammatory ... Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated ... TerrierBen #Inflammatory ... Comparison #Managment #algorithm
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
as part of the inflammatory ... response to a pathogen ... PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... components → Stimulate immune ... Synthesis of pro-inflammatroy
Humoral Immunity - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Antigens (Ag) are produced from pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites)
produced from pathogens ... present Ag to CD4 ... Opsonization: Abs coat pathogens ... amplitude of secondary immune ... Humoral #Immunity #pathophysiology