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How dendritic cells (DCs) orchestrate adaptive immunity
1- Sensing of microbial and damage signals by DCs
2- Phenotypic
activation 3- DC ... are professional ... phagocytes: Antigen (Ag ... immunity #immunology #pathophysiology
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Promastigotes are ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Inflammatory mechanism of asthma. 
Airway epithelial cells exposed to activation stimuli, including allergens, viruses, and irritants,
dendritic cell (DC ... activate naive CD4 ... which produce lgE ... Unbound lgE secreted ... #asthma #pathophysiology
Humoral Immunity - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Antigens (Ag) are produced from pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites)
) are produced from ... cell-dependent Ag ... : Ag-presenting ... to CD4+ helper ... Humoral #Immunity #pathophysiology
Cellular and humoral immune responses of the adaptive immune system. Activated T cells accomplish cellular immune
associated with CD4 ... or CD8, depending ... Endogenous antigens are ... ImmuneResponses #immunology #pathophysiology
Dermatomyositis (DM) and Polymyositis (PM): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Elevated Antinuclear Antibodies: Anti-Jo-1, Anti-OJ, Anti-Mi2, Anti-SRP, Anti-EJ,
:1 - Bimodal age ... Juvenile: 7 years of age ... Adult: 52 years of age ... regeneration, diffuse CD8 ... PM #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
the lungs; they are ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
lungs. 7) Larvae are ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
fresh water fish are ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
microfilariae that are ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc