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HOw do Helper T cells regulate immunity?
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by secreting cytokines, the chemicals that enhance the response of all types of immjune cells.
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B cells can't be fully activated without the help of what?
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cytokines released by T cells
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How do people die with HIV?
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The virus infects the T cells and other cells of the immune system, it inactivates the immune response and makes HIV-infected individuals susceptible to the opportunistic infections that eventually will kill them.
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How do people die with HIV?
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people die of opportunistic infections that will eventually kill them, because of the inactivation of the Helper T-cells!
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How do Memory T cells work?
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They remain in the body and can jump-start an immune reaction to an antigen previously present in the body.
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How is cell mediated immunity MOST useful?
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1.Intracellular bacteria and intracellullar viruses
2. Protecting against fungal infections 3. Protecting against protozoan parasites 4. Protecting against cancer cells. |
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How are they expirementing to treat type I diabetes in the article?
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A therapeutic vaccine must shut down dendritic T cells, but only the faulty ones that erroneously attack a diabetic's own pnacreas.
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