Immuno Valley

We were on our way to the lab when we saw a sign which said 'Immuno Valley'. We had no clue what this might be, so we started fantasizing...

Neutrophils: They race down the mountain by binding different adhesion molecules. Neutrophils are the first to arrive at the site of infection.

T-cells: Always fashionably late... T-cells follow the neutrophils to the site of infection but arrive ca. 7 days later.

Tregs: Regulatory T-cells inhibit autoreactive T-cells to prevent auto-immune diseases.

AIRE: There is also plenty AIRE (autoimmune regulator) protein expression. These also prevent T-cells from reacting to self-tissues.

Interleukins: The interleukin butterflies flutter around and pass on messages from cell to cell.

Cytokine storm: The immune response is too strong! A cytokine storm is approaching!

B-cell: When activated by a T-helper cell, a B-cell starts producing specific antibodies.

Complement: Especially C3-bee is flying happily around. Complement stings infected cells to lyse them.

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• Immuno Vally
• B cell
• antibody
• opsonization
• T cell
• Treg
• AIRE
• interleukin
• IL
• butterfly
• complement
• bee
• cytokine
• storm

[jzavik]

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