1. How does the inflammatory response enhance immunity? a. What are natural kill

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1. How does the inflammatory response enhance immunity?

a. What are natural killer cells and how do they fight viruses?

b. Describe the different types of lmyphocytes and where they are born and where they mature.

c. Describe the clonal expansion theory. What problem does this theory solve?

d. How are antigen receptors (i.e., antibodies) generated? How is acquired immunity similar to a lottery?

e. Describe what happens when an antigen binds to a naïve lymphocyte. How is a primary immune response different from a secondary immune response

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1 - inflammatory response enhance immunity by slightly raising a temperature of the local affected area or a whole body, hence fever is a respond to a foreign activity in our body.

A - natural killer cells are the type of cytotoxic lymphocytes and they fight virus by dectecting a major histocompatibiliy complex which trigger release of cytokines further it cause lysis of virus.

B - types of lymphocytes -

T(thymus) cells - born & mature at thymus

B (bone marrow) cells - born in bone marrow & mature in intestine

C - in clonal expansion theory the t cells & b cells are created with random anybodies and then further tested for self reactivity test.

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