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STIMULUS: If a
primary
contact:

ANTIGEN
(foreign molecular
structure detected in
the tissue)
If a secondary
contact:

MACROPHAGES B-CELLS
pass on their information concerning bind and process antigen to
the invaders to: become:
activate,
HELPER stimulate SENSITIZED
T-CELLS rapid B-CELLS
divisions of:
activate activate,
directly: stimulate
rapid
divisions of: differentiate into: some reserved as:
MEMORY KILLER PLASMA MEMORY
T-CELLS T-CELLS CELLS B-CELLS
secrete:
rapid secondary divisions
ANTIBODIES
MAIN TARGET: MAIN TARGET:
Intracellular (viruses, some fungi and proto- Extracellular (bacteria, viruses' extracellular
zoans), cancer cells, graft cells phases, some fungi and protozoans)
OUTCOME: OUTCOME:
The killer T-cells attack sick, mutated or foreign The antibody binds to the antigen, setting up
cells; macrophages are recruited (phagocyto- invaders for destruction by macrophages or for
sis). lysis through complement.
CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE ANTIBODY-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE

ANTIKÖRPERVERMITTELTE IMMUNANTWORT
Das menschliche Immunsystem ist außergewöhnlich komplex.
Gerade dieses Diagramm lässt viele Details aus, und viele
Vorgänge werden nicht gezeigt. Die Funktionsweise des
Systems ist – auch in allgemeinen Begriffen – überaus detail-
liert und durchdacht.

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