Notes in Lecture 08

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Published	03/09/2024	Define an antigen.
Published	03/09/2024	Describe properties of a good antigen.
Published	03/09/2024	Define hapten and carrier.
Published	03/09/2024	Briefly explain an immunological response to a hapten-carrierand give an example of a clinically relevant situation ofhapten-carrier complex.
Published	03/09/2024	Define autoantigens and give a few examples.
Published	03/09/2024	What triggers adaptive immunity? how is this different from innate immunity?
Published	03/09/2024	What is autoantigen?
Published	03/09/2024	What is antigenicity?
Published	03/09/2024	What is a epitope?
Published	03/09/2024	What is cross reactivity of antigens?
Published	03/09/2024	What are some triggers of adaptive immunity?
Published	03/09/2024	What are some bacterial antigens that trigger adaptive immunity?
Published	03/09/2024	What are some viral antigens that trigger adaptive immunity?
Published	03/09/2024	What are some "other microbial antigens" that trigger adaptive immunity?
Published	03/09/2024	What are some NON-microbial antigens" that trigger adaptive immunity?
Published	03/09/2024	What are the factors influencing antigenicity?
Published	03/09/2024	How does size influence antigenicity?
Published	03/09/2024	How does foreignness influence antigenicity?
Published	03/09/2024	How does complexity influence antigenicity?
Published	03/09/2024	Give an example of an antigen with poor antigenicity?
Published	03/09/2024	Are large, repating polymers such as lipids, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, good antigens? why or why not?
Published	03/09/2024	Are flexible molecules such as flagellin or gelatin good antigens? Why or why not?
Published	03/09/2024	What can enhance stability molecules such as flagellin or gelatin?
Published	03/09/2024	How antigenic are the properties of stainless steel and plastics? explain
Published	03/09/2024	How does stability influence antigenicity?
Published	03/09/2024	Explain Epitopes / Antigenic Determinants and how they vary?
Published	03/09/2024	Define Immunodominant epitope?
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