 | Chapter Objectives
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After reading this
chapter you should be able to: - compare and contrast specific immunity and nonspecific immunity
- discuss antigens, haptens, superantigens, and CD antigens
- compare and contrast IgG, IgM, IgA, IgD, and IgE antibodies
- discuss the mechanisms by which antibody diversity is generated
- describe the clonal selection theory
- discuss the role of T-cell receptors and MHC molecules in the functioning
of T cells
- describe the roles of cytotoxic T cells, T-helper cells, and T-suppressor
cells in specific immunity
- describe B-cell activation
- describe the outcomes in vivo of antigen-antibody binding
- describe the activation of complement by the classical pathway
- describe the mechanisms used to establish immune tolerance
- list the ways antibodies, lymphocytes, and nonspecific defenses provide
immunity to viral and bacterial pathogens
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