RT Book, Section
A1 Chandrasoma, Parakrama
A1 Taylor, Clive R.
SR Print(0)
ID 183448
T1 Chapter 4. The Immune Response
T2 Concise Pathology, 3e
YR 1998
FD 1998
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780838514993
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=183448
RD 2024/04/16
AB The  immune  response  is  a  complex  series  of  cellular  interactions  activated  by  the  entry  into  the  body  of  foreign  (nonself)  antigenic  materials  such  as  infectious  agents  and  a  variety  of  macromolecules.  After  processing  by  macrophages,  the  antigen  is  presented  to  lymphocytes,  which  are  the  major  effector  cells  of  the  immune  system  (Figure  4-1).  Lymphocyte  activation  by  antigen  results  in  proliferation  and  transformation  of  the  lymphocytes,  which  lead  to  two  main  types  of  immune  response: