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Sheldon Cohen M.D. FACP. The Slim Book of Health Pearls: Man the Barricades - The Story of the Immune System
NON-SPECIFIC DEFENSE MECHANISMS
THE DEFENSIVE FUNCTION OF THE SKIN
OTHER FIRST LINES OF DEFENSE
THE SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE
CHEMOTAXIS
HEALING THE CUT
THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
IMMUNE CELLS
LEUCOCYTES
SPECIFIC OR ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY. LYMPHOCYTES
HISTORY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
SPECIFIC IMMUNITY
OTHER LYMPHOID TISSUE
MEMORY
ANTIGENS
T CELLS
B CELLS AND ANTIBODIES
MEMORY CAPACITY
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES BY SYSTEM
GLOSSARY
Отрывок из книги
This is a short story about the body’s defenses against attack by enemies constantly trying to harm us. The principal actors are organs, cells, and complicated collections of proteins, tuned by billions of years of evolution to work in a harmonious manner for the good of the whole.
This short story will describe the various lines of defense used to keep us alive in a world where, on a daily basis, invisible or visible predators want to usurp our bodies. These predators are bacteria, fungi, pollen, viruses, parasites, cancer cells, and transplanted organs.
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The last sixty years have seen incredible advances in our study of immunity or resistance to disease. The underlying structure known as the lymphatic system is an efficient anatomical masterpiece working in the background, and without it our hearts would cease to beat and our immune system would become inoperable.
The lymphatic system includes a specialized body transport mechanism that delivers unique cells, fluid, proteins, and chemicals to any location invaded by predators, or altered non-self cells. Included in the lymphatic system are very specialized organs within which the lymphatic cells are manufactured and stored.
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