Immunology Crossword

The study of the immune system
Are cell surface membrane proteins that can generate an immune response when detected as non-self by the body
The study of the immune system
Are cell surface membrane proteins that can generate an immune response when detected as non-self by the body
Are micro-organisms that cause disease, bacteria, fungi, protists and viruses
A process where a type of white blood cells engulfs and digests a pathogen
A type of phagocyte that carries out phagocytosis
The ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells
Is released by cytotoxic T cells which destroys targeted cells by creating lesions like pores in their membranes
Which cells kill cells infected with viruses, cancer cells or abnormal cells
Which cells releases cytokines
Which cells secrete antibodies
Which cells are involved in the secondary immune response
Which type of ELISA test identifies the presence of antibodies
What is the name given to the types of drugs used to treat HIV
The enzyme found in HIV particles responsible for copying RNA into DNA
What type of virus is HIV
Are made of protein and can bind to complementary antigens
The type of immunity you get when your immune system makes its own antibodies after being stimulated by an antigen
The type of immunity you get from being given antibodies made by a different organism
What is the term used to describe when the people who have been vaccinated reduce the occurrence of the disease protecting those who have not yet been vaccinated
When antibodies bind to two pathogens and they clump together
When antibodies bind to pathogens or toxins blocking their active sites and preventing them from doing any more harm
A term to describe when a B cell divides by mitosis into cloned plasma cells all producing identical antibodies
Which immune response is slower whilst antibodies are made and the person will show symptoms
Which immune response is faster and stronger if the same antigen enters the body
What is the term given to describe when pathogens change their surface antigens and different strains develop
what is a call referred to when a cell like a macrophage sticks non-self antigens on its surface to activate other immune system cells