IMMUNOLOGY SYSTEM

The Nature of the Immunogen Contributes to Immunogenicity

Immunogenicity is determined, in part, by four properties of the immunogen: its foreignness, molecular size, chemical composition and compl...

Various types of organized lymphoid tissues are located along the vessels of the lymphatic system. Some lymphoid tissue in the lung and lam...

As blood circulates under pressure, its fluid component (plasma) seeps through the thin wall of the capillaries into the surrounding tissue...

Immature lymphocytes generated in hematopoiesis mature and become committed to a particular antigenic specificity within the primary lympho...

The mononuclear phagocytic system consists of monocytes circulating in the blood and macrophages in the tissues (Figure 2-8). During hemato...

The granulocytes are classified as neutrophils, eosinophils, or basophils on the basis of cellular morphology and cytoplasmic staining char...

Lymphocytes constitute 20%–40% of the body’s white blood cells and 99% of the cells in the lymph (Table 2-4). There are approximately 1011 ...