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Who was responsible for the initial work on anaphylaxis? |
Charles Richet and Paul Portier |
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Hypersensitivity |
an immune response that injures tissues. Can be categorized into 4 groups |
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Autograft |
tissue transplant from elsewhere in the body |
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Zenograft |
tissue transplant from an animal |
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desensitization |
causes immune system to produce IgG to the offending allergen. Involves injection of extremely dilute concentration of antigen over time |
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anaphylaxis |
a destructive immune response |
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Immune complexes |
results from IgG or IgM antibodies binding to soluble antigens. circulating immune complexes can lodge in blood vessel wall in skin, joints, kidneys, and other tissues with small blood vessels. |
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Farmer's Lung |
result of immune complex |
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Serum sickness |
systemic immune complex disease caused by passive immunization |
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Arthus Reaction |
localized immune complex disease that occurs following injection of antigen into a previously immunized individual who already has a high lever of circulating antibodies |
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Allografts |
tissues of donor andrecipient are not genetically identical. |
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Privilegedsites |
organs such as corneas,testis, uterus> |
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SCID |
a. severe combined immunodeficiency disorder resulting fromhematopoietic stem cells of bone barrow not producing t and b lymphocytes.Lethal in children. |
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Agammaglobulinemia |
a. few or no antibodies produced |
