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Medical Immunology

Subject : Medical Immunology


Introduction
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)

Cells and Tissues Involved in the Immune Response


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)

Major Histocompatibility Complex


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)

The Induction of an Immune Response Antigens Lymphocytes and


Accessory Cells
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)

Immunoglobulin Structure
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)

Biosynthesis Metabolism and Biological Properties of


Immunoglobulins
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)

Genetics of Immunoglobulins
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)

Antigen Antibody Reactions


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)

The Complement System


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)

Cell Mediated Immunity


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)

The Humoral Immune Response and Its Induction by Active


Immunization
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)

Phagocytic Cells
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)

Infections and Immunity


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)

Diagnostic Immunology
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)

Tolerance and Autoimmunity


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)

Organ Specific Autoimmune Diseases


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)

Rheumatoid Arthritis
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)

Hypersensitivity Reactions
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)

IgE Mediated Immediate Hypersensitivity


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)

Immunohematology
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)
144. Introduction: Blood Groups - Immunohematology - Answer (click here)
145. Serological Principles of Blood Transfusion - Answer (click here)
146. Blood Transfusion Reactions - Answer (click here)
147. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis) - Answer
(click here)
148. Immune Hemolytic Anemias - Answer (click here)

Immune Complex Diseases


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)
144. Introduction: Blood Groups - Immunohematology - Answer (click here)
145. Serological Principles of Blood Transfusion - Answer (click here)
146. Blood Transfusion Reactions - Answer (click here)
147. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis) - Answer
(click here)
148. Immune Hemolytic Anemias - Answer (click here)
149. Immune Complex Diseases - Answer (click here)
150. Physiopathology of Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
151. Host Factors that Influence the Development of Immune Complex
Disease - Answer (click here)
152. Detection of Soluble Immune Complexes - Answer (click here)
153. The Role of Immune Complexes in Human Disease - Answer (click here)
154. Therapeutic Approaches to Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)

Immune System Modulators


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)
144. Introduction: Blood Groups - Immunohematology - Answer (click here)
145. Serological Principles of Blood Transfusion - Answer (click here)
146. Blood Transfusion Reactions - Answer (click here)
147. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis) - Answer
(click here)
148. Immune Hemolytic Anemias - Answer (click here)
149. Immune Complex Diseases - Answer (click here)
150. Physiopathology of Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
151. Host Factors that Influence the Development of Immune Complex
Disease - Answer (click here)
152. Detection of Soluble Immune Complexes - Answer (click here)
153. The Role of Immune Complexes in Human Disease - Answer (click here)
154. Therapeutic Approaches to Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
155. Immune System Modulators: Introduction - Answer (click here)
156. Immunosuppression: Introduction - Answer (click here)
157. Immunosuppressive Drugs: Pharmacological and Immunological
Aspects - Answer (click here)
158. Use of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Hypersensitivity and Autoimmune
Diseases - Answer (click here)
159. Adverse Consequences of Prolonged Immunosuppression - Answer (click
here)
160. Cytokine Modifiers - Answer (click here)
161. Immunopotentiation - Answer (click here)

Transplantation Immunology
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)
144. Introduction: Blood Groups - Immunohematology - Answer (click here)
145. Serological Principles of Blood Transfusion - Answer (click here)
146. Blood Transfusion Reactions - Answer (click here)
147. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis) - Answer
(click here)
148. Immune Hemolytic Anemias - Answer (click here)
149. Immune Complex Diseases - Answer (click here)
150. Physiopathology of Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
151. Host Factors that Influence the Development of Immune Complex
Disease - Answer (click here)
152. Detection of Soluble Immune Complexes - Answer (click here)
153. The Role of Immune Complexes in Human Disease - Answer (click here)
154. Therapeutic Approaches to Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
155. Immune System Modulators: Introduction - Answer (click here)
156. Immunosuppression: Introduction - Answer (click here)
157. Immunosuppressive Drugs: Pharmacological and Immunological
Aspects - Answer (click here)
158. Use of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Hypersensitivity and Autoimmune
Diseases - Answer (click here)
159. Adverse Consequences of Prolonged Immunosuppression - Answer (click
here)
160. Cytokine Modifiers - Answer (click here)
161. Immunopotentiation - Answer (click here)
162. Transplantation Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
163. Donor-Recipient Matching - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
164. Graft Rejection - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
165. Immunosuppression - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
166. Graft-Versus-Host Reaction - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)

Tumor Immunology
1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)
144. Introduction: Blood Groups - Immunohematology - Answer (click here)
145. Serological Principles of Blood Transfusion - Answer (click here)
146. Blood Transfusion Reactions - Answer (click here)
147. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis) - Answer
(click here)
148. Immune Hemolytic Anemias - Answer (click here)
149. Immune Complex Diseases - Answer (click here)
150. Physiopathology of Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
151. Host Factors that Influence the Development of Immune Complex
Disease - Answer (click here)
152. Detection of Soluble Immune Complexes - Answer (click here)
153. The Role of Immune Complexes in Human Disease - Answer (click here)
154. Therapeutic Approaches to Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
155. Immune System Modulators: Introduction - Answer (click here)
156. Immunosuppression: Introduction - Answer (click here)
157. Immunosuppressive Drugs: Pharmacological and Immunological
Aspects - Answer (click here)
158. Use of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Hypersensitivity and Autoimmune
Diseases - Answer (click here)
159. Adverse Consequences of Prolonged Immunosuppression - Answer (click
here)
160. Cytokine Modifiers - Answer (click here)
161. Immunopotentiation - Answer (click here)
162. Transplantation Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
163. Donor-Recipient Matching - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
164. Graft Rejection - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
165. Immunosuppression - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
166. Graft-Versus-Host Reaction - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
167. Tumor Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
168. Immunogenicity of Tumors - Answer (click here)
169. Effector Mechanisms in Cancer Immunity - Answer (click here)
170. Factors Affecting Tumor Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
171. Immunotherapy - Answer (click here)

Malignancies of the Immune System


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)
144. Introduction: Blood Groups - Immunohematology - Answer (click here)
145. Serological Principles of Blood Transfusion - Answer (click here)
146. Blood Transfusion Reactions - Answer (click here)
147. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis) - Answer
(click here)
148. Immune Hemolytic Anemias - Answer (click here)
149. Immune Complex Diseases - Answer (click here)
150. Physiopathology of Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
151. Host Factors that Influence the Development of Immune Complex
Disease - Answer (click here)
152. Detection of Soluble Immune Complexes - Answer (click here)
153. The Role of Immune Complexes in Human Disease - Answer (click here)
154. Therapeutic Approaches to Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
155. Immune System Modulators: Introduction - Answer (click here)
156. Immunosuppression: Introduction - Answer (click here)
157. Immunosuppressive Drugs: Pharmacological and Immunological
Aspects - Answer (click here)
158. Use of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Hypersensitivity and Autoimmune
Diseases - Answer (click here)
159. Adverse Consequences of Prolonged Immunosuppression - Answer (click
here)
160. Cytokine Modifiers - Answer (click here)
161. Immunopotentiation - Answer (click here)
162. Transplantation Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
163. Donor-Recipient Matching - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
164. Graft Rejection - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
165. Immunosuppression - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
166. Graft-Versus-Host Reaction - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
167. Tumor Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
168. Immunogenicity of Tumors - Answer (click here)
169. Effector Mechanisms in Cancer Immunity - Answer (click here)
170. Factors Affecting Tumor Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
171. Immunotherapy - Answer (click here)
172. B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
173. Physiopathology of B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
174. Clinical Presentations of B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
175. Leukemias and Lymphomas - Answer (click here)
176. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Answer (click here)
177. Hairy Cell Leukemia - Answer (click here)
178. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemias - Answer (click here)

Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)
144. Introduction: Blood Groups - Immunohematology - Answer (click here)
145. Serological Principles of Blood Transfusion - Answer (click here)
146. Blood Transfusion Reactions - Answer (click here)
147. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis) - Answer
(click here)
148. Immune Hemolytic Anemias - Answer (click here)
149. Immune Complex Diseases - Answer (click here)
150. Physiopathology of Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
151. Host Factors that Influence the Development of Immune Complex
Disease - Answer (click here)
152. Detection of Soluble Immune Complexes - Answer (click here)
153. The Role of Immune Complexes in Human Disease - Answer (click here)
154. Therapeutic Approaches to Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
155. Immune System Modulators: Introduction - Answer (click here)
156. Immunosuppression: Introduction - Answer (click here)
157. Immunosuppressive Drugs: Pharmacological and Immunological
Aspects - Answer (click here)
158. Use of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Hypersensitivity and Autoimmune
Diseases - Answer (click here)
159. Adverse Consequences of Prolonged Immunosuppression - Answer (click
here)
160. Cytokine Modifiers - Answer (click here)
161. Immunopotentiation - Answer (click here)
162. Transplantation Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
163. Donor-Recipient Matching - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
164. Graft Rejection - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
165. Immunosuppression - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
166. Graft-Versus-Host Reaction - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
167. Tumor Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
168. Immunogenicity of Tumors - Answer (click here)
169. Effector Mechanisms in Cancer Immunity - Answer (click here)
170. Factors Affecting Tumor Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
171. Immunotherapy - Answer (click here)
172. B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
173. Physiopathology of B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
174. Clinical Presentations of B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
175. Leukemias and Lymphomas - Answer (click here)
176. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Answer (click here)
177. Hairy Cell Leukemia - Answer (click here)
178. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemias - Answer (click here)
179. Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases: Introduction - Answer (click
here)
180. Diagnostic Studies - Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases - Answer
(click here)
181. Diagnostic Evaluation of Humoral Immunity - Answer (click here)
182. Diagnostic Evaluation of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
183. Diagnostic Evaluation of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer (click here)
184. Diagnostic Evaluation of Complement Function - Answer (click here)

Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)
144. Introduction: Blood Groups - Immunohematology - Answer (click here)
145. Serological Principles of Blood Transfusion - Answer (click here)
146. Blood Transfusion Reactions - Answer (click here)
147. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis) - Answer
(click here)
148. Immune Hemolytic Anemias - Answer (click here)
149. Immune Complex Diseases - Answer (click here)
150. Physiopathology of Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
151. Host Factors that Influence the Development of Immune Complex
Disease - Answer (click here)
152. Detection of Soluble Immune Complexes - Answer (click here)
153. The Role of Immune Complexes in Human Disease - Answer (click here)
154. Therapeutic Approaches to Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
155. Immune System Modulators: Introduction - Answer (click here)
156. Immunosuppression: Introduction - Answer (click here)
157. Immunosuppressive Drugs: Pharmacological and Immunological
Aspects - Answer (click here)
158. Use of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Hypersensitivity and Autoimmune
Diseases - Answer (click here)
159. Adverse Consequences of Prolonged Immunosuppression - Answer (click
here)
160. Cytokine Modifiers - Answer (click here)
161. Immunopotentiation - Answer (click here)
162. Transplantation Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
163. Donor-Recipient Matching - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
164. Graft Rejection - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
165. Immunosuppression - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
166. Graft-Versus-Host Reaction - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
167. Tumor Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
168. Immunogenicity of Tumors - Answer (click here)
169. Effector Mechanisms in Cancer Immunity - Answer (click here)
170. Factors Affecting Tumor Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
171. Immunotherapy - Answer (click here)
172. B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
173. Physiopathology of B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
174. Clinical Presentations of B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
175. Leukemias and Lymphomas - Answer (click here)
176. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Answer (click here)
177. Hairy Cell Leukemia - Answer (click here)
178. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemias - Answer (click here)
179. Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases: Introduction - Answer (click
here)
180. Diagnostic Studies - Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases - Answer
(click here)
181. Diagnostic Evaluation of Humoral Immunity - Answer (click here)
182. Diagnostic Evaluation of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
183. Diagnostic Evaluation of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer (click here)
184. Diagnostic Evaluation of Complement Function - Answer (click here)
185. Humoral Immunodeficiencies - Answer (click here)
186. Infantile Agammaglobulinemia (Bruton-Janeway Syndrome) - Answer
(click here)
187. Common, Variable, Unclassified Immunodeficiency (“Acquired”
Hypogammaglobulinemia) - Answer (click here)
188. Selective Immunoglobulin A Deficiency - Answer (click here)
189. X-Linked Hyper-IgM Syndrome - Answer (click here)
190. Antigen-Selective Immune Deficiencies - Answer (click here)
191. Cellular Immunodeficiencies - Answer (click here)
192. Severe, Combined Immunodeficiency - Answer (click here)
193. Other Forms of Combined Immune Deficiency - Answer (click here)
194. Phagocytic Cell Deficiencies - Answer (click here)
195. Complement Deficiencies - Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases -
Answer (click here)

AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiency Diseases


1. Historical Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
2. General Concepts - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
3. Cells of the Immune System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
4. Antigens and Antibodies - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
5. Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
6. Self Versus Nonself Discrimination - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
7. General Overview - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
8. Immunology and Medicine - Answer (click here)
9. Cells of the Immune System - Answer (click here)
10. Lymphoid Tissues and Organs - Answer (click here)
11. Lymphocyte Traffic - Answer (click here)
12. Major Histocompatibility Complex - Medical Immunology - Answer (click
here)
13. Classification, Structure, and Detection of HLA Genes and Gene
Products - Answer (click here)
14. Cellular Distribution of the MHC Antigens - Answer (click here)
15. Chromosomal Localization and Arrangement of the MHC Genes -
Answer (click here)
16. Genetics of the MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) - Answer (click
here)
17. MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) Complex and the Immune
Response - Answer (click here)
18. MHC-Disease Associations - Answer (click here)
19. Antigenicity and Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
20. Antigenic Determinants - Answer (click here)
21. Characteristics of Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
22. Factors Associated With the Induction of an Immune Response - Answer
(click here)
23. Exogenous and Endogenous Antigens - Answer (click here)
24. T-B Cell Cooperation in Antibody Responses - Answer (click here)
25. T-Dependent and T-Independent Antigens - Answer (click here)
26. Induction of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
27. Activation of Helper T Lymphocytes - Answer (click here)
28. Antigen Presentation and Activation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes -
Answer (click here)
29. Stimulation of a B-Lymphocyte Response by a T-Dependent Antigen -
Answer (click here)
30. Immunoglobulin G (IgG): The Prototype Immunoglobulin Molecule -
Answer (click here)
31. Structural and Antigenic Heterogeneity of Heavy and Light Chains -
Answer (click here)
32. Immunoglobulin Regions and Domains - Answer (click here)
33. The Immunoglobulin Superfamily of Proteins - Answer (click here)
34. The Antibody-Combining Site - Answer (click here)
35. Immunoglobulin M: A Polymeric Molecule - Answer (click here)
36. Immunoglobulin A: A Molecularly Heterogeneous Immunoglobulin -
Answer (click here)
37. The Minor Immunoglobulin Classes: IgD And IgE - Answer (click here)
38. Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis - Answer (click here)
39. Immunoglobulin Metabolism - Answer (click here)
40. Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins - Answer (click here)
41. Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement - Answer (click here)
42. Genetic Basis of Antibody Diversity - Answer (click here)
43. Antigenic Determinants of Immunoglobulin Molecules - Answer (click
here)
44. DNA Polymorphisms: RFLPS - Answer (click here)
45. Allelic Exclusion - Answer (click here)
46. GM Allotypes and IGG Subclass Concentrations - Answer (click here)
47. Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immune Response, and Diseases - Answer
(click here)
48. General Characteristics of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer (click
here)
49. Specific Types of Antigen-Antibody Reactions - Answer (click here)
50. Biological Consequences of the Antigen-Antibody Reaction - Answer
(click here)
51. The Complement System - Medical Immunology - Answer (click here)
52. The Classical Complement Pathway - Medical Immunology - Answer
(click here)
53. The Alternative Complement Pathway - Answer (click here)
54. Activation and Inactivation of C3 - Answer (click here)
55. Few Complement-Activation Pathways - Answer (click here)
56. Complement Receptors in Human Cell Membranes - Answer (click here)
57. Pathological Situations Associated With Exaggerated Complement
Activation - Answer (click here)
58. Complement Levels in Disease - Answer (click here)
59. Microbial Anticomplementary Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
60. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers - Answer (click here)
61. Approaches to the Study of Lymphocyte Diversity and Ontogeny -
Answer (click here)
62. Major Steps in the Differentiation of T And B Lymphocytes - Answer
(click here)
63. B Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
64. T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny - Answer (click here)
65. Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
66. Dendritic Cells - Answer (click here)
67. T-Cell Activation - Answer (click here)
68. Inactivation of T-Cell Responses - Answer (click here)
69. T-Helper-Cell Subsets and their Regulatory Roles - Answer (click here)
70. The Role of Helper T Cells in Inflammatory Responses - Answer (click
here)
71. T-Cell Help and the Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
72. Activation and Differentiation of Cd8+ Cytotoxic T Cells - Answer (click
here)
73. Activation and Function of Natural Killer Cells - Answer (click here)
74. Regulatory Cells and the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
75. Overview of the Induction of a Humoral Immune Response to an
Immunogen - Answer (click here)
76. The Primary Immune Response - Answer (click here)
77. The Secondary or Anamnestic Response - Answer (click here)
78. The Fate of Antigens on the Primary and Secondary Responses - Answer
(click here)
79. The Mucosal Humoral Immune Response - Answer (click here)
80. Immunization - Answer (click here)
81. Types of Vaccines - Answer (click here)
82. Physiology of the Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes - Answer (click here)
83. Physiology of the Monocyte/Macrophage - Answer (click here)
84. Laboratory Evaluation of Phagocytic Function - Answer (click here)
85. Nonspecific Anti-Infectious Defense Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
86. Natural Antibodies - Answer (click here)
87. The Protective Role of Antibodies - Answer (click here)
88. The Protective Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
89. Immune Deficiency Syndromes as Models For Study Of Immune
Defenses Against Infections in Humans - Answer (click here)
90. Escape From the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
91. Abnormal Consequences of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
92. Epilogue - Answer (click here)
93. General Principles of Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
94. Precipitation Assays - Immunoserology - Answer (click here)
95. Assay Methods Based on Agglutination - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
96. Tests Based on Complement Fixation - Immunoserology - Answer (click
here)
97. Tests Based on Immunofluorescence - Answer (click here)
98. Radioimmunoassay - Answer (click here)
99. Enzyme Immunoassay - Answer (click here)
100. Laboratory Tests for Assessment of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer
(click here)
101. Laboratory Tests For Assessment of Lymphocyte Function - Answer (click
here)
102. Historical Introduction - Tolerance and Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
103. Definition and General Characteristics of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
104. Acquired Tolerance; Tolerogenic Conditions - Answer (click here)
105. Experimental Approaches to the Definition of the Mechanisms of
Lymphocyte Tolerance - Answer (click here)
106. T-Lymphocyte Tolerance Models - Answer (click here)
107. Downregulation of the Immune Response - Answer (click here)
108. Termination of Tolerance - Answer (click here)
109. Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
110. Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
111. Pathogenic Factors Involved in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases -
Answer (click here)
112. Animal Models of Autoimmunity - Answer (click here)
113. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases - Answer (click here)
114. Autoimmune Diseases of the Thyroid Gland - Answer (click here)
115. Addison’s Disease (Chronic Primary Hypoadrenalism) - Answer (click here)
116. Autoimmune Diseases of the Pancreas - Answer (click here)
117. Autoimmune Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver - Answer
(click here)
118. Autoimmune Diseases of the Neuromuscular Systems - Answer (click here)
119. Autoimmune Diseases of the Blood Cells - Answer (click here)
120. Clinical Manifestations - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click
here)
121. Immunological Abnormalities in SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) -
Answer (click here)
122. Pathogenesis of SLE(Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Answer (click here)
123. Treatment - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Answer (click here)
124. Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click
here)
125. Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
126. Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-immunoglobulin Antibodies - Answer (click
here)
127. Genetic Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
128. Cell-Mediated Immunity Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer
(click here)
129. Overview of Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
130. Therapy - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer (click here)
131. Hypersensitivity Reactions: Introduction - Answer (click here)
132. Type I Hypersensitivity Reactions (IGE-Mediated Hypersensitivity,
Immediate Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
133. Cytotoxic Reactions (Type Ii Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
134. Immune Complex–Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions (Type III
Hypersensitivity) - Answer (click here)
135. Delayed (Type IV) Hypersensitivity Reactions - Answer (click here)
136. Major Clinical Expressions - IgE-Mediated (Immediate)
Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
137. Pathogenesis - IgE Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity - Answer (click
here)
138. IgE Antibodies - Answer (click here)
139. The IgE Antibody Response - Answer (click here)
140. Genetic Control of IgE Synthesis - Answer (click here)
141. Interaction of IgE with Cell Surface Receptors - Answer (click here)
142. Early and Late Phases in Type I Hypersensitivity - Answer (click here)
143. Prevention and Therapy - IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity -
Answer (click here)
144. Introduction: Blood Groups - Immunohematology - Answer (click here)
145. Serological Principles of Blood Transfusion - Answer (click here)
146. Blood Transfusion Reactions - Answer (click here)
147. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis) - Answer
(click here)
148. Immune Hemolytic Anemias - Answer (click here)
149. Immune Complex Diseases - Answer (click here)
150. Physiopathology of Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
151. Host Factors that Influence the Development of Immune Complex
Disease - Answer (click here)
152. Detection of Soluble Immune Complexes - Answer (click here)
153. The Role of Immune Complexes in Human Disease - Answer (click here)
154. Therapeutic Approaches to Immune Complex Disease - Answer (click here)
155. Immune System Modulators: Introduction - Answer (click here)
156. Immunosuppression: Introduction - Answer (click here)
157. Immunosuppressive Drugs: Pharmacological and Immunological
Aspects - Answer (click here)
158. Use of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Hypersensitivity and Autoimmune
Diseases - Answer (click here)
159. Adverse Consequences of Prolonged Immunosuppression - Answer (click
here)
160. Cytokine Modifiers - Answer (click here)
161. Immunopotentiation - Answer (click here)
162. Transplantation Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
163. Donor-Recipient Matching - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
164. Graft Rejection - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
165. Immunosuppression - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click here)
166. Graft-Versus-Host Reaction - Transplantation Immunology - Answer (click
here)
167. Tumor Immunology: Introduction - Answer (click here)
168. Immunogenicity of Tumors - Answer (click here)
169. Effector Mechanisms in Cancer Immunity - Answer (click here)
170. Factors Affecting Tumor Immunogenicity - Answer (click here)
171. Immunotherapy - Answer (click here)
172. B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
173. Physiopathology of B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
174. Clinical Presentations of B-Cell Dyscrasias - Answer (click here)
175. Leukemias and Lymphomas - Answer (click here)
176. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Answer (click here)
177. Hairy Cell Leukemia - Answer (click here)
178. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemias - Answer (click here)
179. Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases: Introduction - Answer (click
here)
180. Diagnostic Studies - Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases - Answer
(click here)
181. Diagnostic Evaluation of Humoral Immunity - Answer (click here)
182. Diagnostic Evaluation of Cell-Mediated Immunity - Answer (click here)
183. Diagnostic Evaluation of Phagocytic Cell Function - Answer (click here)
184. Diagnostic Evaluation of Complement Function - Answer (click here)
185. Humoral Immunodeficiencies - Answer (click here)
186. Infantile Agammaglobulinemia (Bruton-Janeway Syndrome) - Answer
(click here)
187. Common, Variable, Unclassified Immunodeficiency (“Acquired”
Hypogammaglobulinemia) - Answer (click here)
188. Selective Immunoglobulin A Deficiency - Answer (click here)
189. X-Linked Hyper-IgM Syndrome - Answer (click here)
190. Antigen-Selective Immune Deficiencies - Answer (click here)
191. Cellular Immunodeficiencies - Answer (click here)
192. Severe, Combined Immunodeficiency - Answer (click here)
193. Other Forms of Combined Immune Deficiency - Answer (click here)
194. Phagocytic Cell Deficiencies - Answer (click here)
195. Complement Deficiencies - Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases -
Answer (click here)
196. Secondary Immunodeficiencies - Answer (click here)
197. The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Answer (click here)
198. General Characteristics of HIV - Answer (click here)
199. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS - Answer (click here)
200. HIV and the Immune System - Answer (click here)
201. Natural History of an HIV Infection - Answer (click here)
202. Clinical Stages of HIV Infection - Answer (click here)
203. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Answer (click here)
204. Serological Diagnosis of HIV Infection - Answer (click here)
205. Therapy - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Answer (click here)
206. Immunoprophylaxis - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Answer
(click here)

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