autoimmune

Thrombocytes

...rrhage. Full article >>> This is an autoimmune dis order in which the patient develops antibodies against his or her own platelets ( thrombocytes ). Full article >>> The cells that circulate in the bloodstream are generally divided into three types: white blood cells ( leu...

T cell

...ell receptor s play a major role in immunity and autoimmune diseases. For this reason, their genomic sequence has been chosen as a model system for the development of strategies and tools related to the human genome project . Full article >>> T cell A type of lymph ocyte derived from bone...

Suppression

...n of the immune system is often used to control autoimmune disorders or inflammation when this causes excessive tissue damage, and to prevent trans plant rejection after an organ trans plant. Full article >>> Suppression The restoration (or partial restoration) of a wild-type phenot...

Receptor

...ell receptor s play a major role in immunity and autoimmune diseases. For this reason, their genomic sequence has been chosen as a model system for the development of strategies and tools related to the human genome project . Full article >>> Each photo receptor cell consists of two main ...

Monoclonal

...y wonderful, useful products- such as for treating autoimmune disease. Full article >>> Monoclonal Antibody : An antibody with very specific and often unique binding specificity which is secreted by a biologically clone d line of plasma cytoma cells in the absence of other related antib...

Monoclonal antibodies

...y wonderful, useful products- such as for treating autoimmune disease. Full article >>> (See monoclonal antibodies , polyclonal antibodies .) Anticodon . A nucleotide base triplet in a transfer RNA molecule that pairs with a complement ary base triplet, or codon , in a messenger R...

Lungs

...e) hair. Full article >>> CBD is an autoimmune disease affecting the lungs of susceptible individuals. Antigen -presenting cell surface proteins have been the focus of investigation into possible genetic susceptibility to this disease. Full article >>> In general they cause ...

Liver

...irrhosis, such as chronic hepatitis C, alcoholism, autoimmune hepatitis, and many others. Full article >>> Liver worts have a thin, leathery body that grows flat on moist soil or, in some cases, the surface of still water. Mosses have an erect shoot bearing tiny leaflike structures arranged...

Antigenic determinant

...genic determinant / epitope /hapten/ memory cell autoimmune disorders CD4 receptor /CD8 receptor /perforin/...enic determinant / epitope /hapten/ memory cell autoimmune disorders CD4 receptor /CD8 receptor /perforin/ apoptosis /clonal selection immuno suppressi...

Antibody

...tibody that attacks the body's tissue s, causing autoimmune disease. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... Full article >>> Dr. Jennifer Puck, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, defines antibody . illustrated: View...

Antibodies

...y wonderful, useful products- such as for treating autoimmune disease. Full article >>> protective ( antibodies ) membrane proteins ( receptor s, membrane trans port, antigens ) structural ... Full article >>> (See monoclonal antibodies , polyclonal antibodies .) Anticod...