CMB2004 (immunity) Questions and Answer | Latest Update 2024/2025
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Cmb2004
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Cmb2004
What must an effective immune response do? (4 things)
~~> Be able to recognise and respond to invading pathogen
Not over-react to to benign or self
Be able to direct different effector mechanisms against different pathogens
Links innate and adaptive responses
What is adaptive immunity? (3...
~~> To activate complement- for oposonisation, classical pathway
activation and MAC
Activation of effector cells- Cells that express FcR (the receptor that binds to
the FC region of the antibody)
Describe the structure of an antibody
~~> Formed via 4 polypeptides
C terminus at the constant region, N terminus at the variable regions.
Has different domains, Hc identical as are Lc
held by both covalent and non covalent bonds
What region of an antibody is the antigen binding site made up of?
~~> The variable regions of one heavy and one light chain
What is the constant region of an antibody?
Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update
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