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Name the 2 types of soluble host molecule involved in opsonisation |
Complement!(C3b) and antibody |
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How is the bacterium B.pseudomallei able to avoid opsonisation? |
Polysaccharide capsule blocks opsonisation |
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what is ADCC |
antibody dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity |
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which class of immunoglobulin is involved in parasite immunity and binds to FcER1 receptor on the surface of mast cells, basophils and eosinophils leading to degranulation |
IgE |
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activating Fc receptors signal through which immune cell activating motif |
ITAM (immunoreceptor tyrosine based activating motif) |
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What is the underlying principle of antigenic mimicry? |
that the bacteria have surface molecules that resemble the molecules on the surface of host cells |
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example of antigenic mimicry |
neisseria meningitidis - sialic acid |
