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842  Unit 4  Fluids and Transport
     Figure 22–26  An Integrated Summary of the Immune Response.

                                                     Antigens
                                                      Trigger

     Innate (Nonspecific) Immunity

     Complement   NK cells,                                                Adaptive (Specific) Immunity
     system       Macrophages
                                    Antigen presentation
                                            by APCs

                                                     Cell-Mediated Immunity                            Antibody-Mediated Immunity
                                                                            Indicates that the
                                   Antigen and                              cell is infected or        Antigen and          Indicates the
                                   Class I MHC                              otherwise abnormal         Class II MHC         presence of
                                   Protein                                                             Protein              pathogens, toxins,
                                                                                                                            or foreign proteins

                                                               CD8 T cells                                                  CD4 T cells

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                                   Cytotoxic T Cells   Memory Tc Cells     Suppressor T Cells            Helper T Cells     Memory TH Cells
                                                                           Moderate immune
                                   Attack and          Await               response by                 Stimulate immune     Await
                                   destroy infected    reappearance        T cells and B cells         response by T cells  reappearance of
                                   and abnormal cells  of the antigen                                  and B cells          the antigen
                                   displaying antigen                                      Inhibition

                                                               Inhibition

                                    Direct physical                                                    Activation           Production of
                                    and chemical                                                       of B cells           memory B cells
                                    attack
                                                                                                       Production of
                  Direct physical                                                                      plasma cells
                  and chemical
                  attack                                                                               Secretion of
                                                                                                       antibodies
     Attack by                                                 Destruction
     circulating                                               of Antigens
     proteins
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