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The immune system consists of...
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Cell that protect the body against viruses bacteria and other intruders.
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The most important elements of the immune system are
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Leukocytes commonly known as white blood cells.
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B cells which mature mostly in the bone marrow secrete...
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Antibodies which are y shaped proteins that attach to particular kinds of antigens just as a key fits a lock.
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When B cells find unfamiliar antigens...
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They attack the cell.
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B cells have also been known to cause the rejection of
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Organ transplants unless positions take special steps to minimize the attack.
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T cells mature in...
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The thymus gland.
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Natural killer cells, another kind of leukocytes, attack...
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Tumor cells and cells that are infected with viruses. Whereas each B or T cell attacks a particular kind of antigen, natural killer cells attack all intruders.
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In response to an infection leukocytes and other cells produced small proteins called
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Cytokines that combat infections and also communicate with the brain to elicit appropriate behaviors.
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Cytokines trigger the hypothalamus to produce...
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Fever, weakness, lack of energy, lack of appetite, and lack of sex drive.
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Cytokines are the immune systems way of telling the brain that
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The body is ill.
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Psychoneuroimmunology deals with the way experiences culture the immune system and how...
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The immune system in turn influences the central nervous system.
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