Unit-5: Innate Immunity
(Unit-5 and Unit-6 will be your Final Exam)

 

 

 

Unit-5, Lecture 1

Immediate Innate Immunity

Antimicrobial Enzymes and Antimicrobial Peptides

The Complement System (Concentrate on activation of the 3 pathways and the benefits)

Anatomical Barriers, Mechanical Removal, and Bacterial Antagonism by Normal Body Microbiota  

Early Induced Innate Immunity

Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs) and Danger-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs)  

 

Unit-5, Lecture 2

Pattern-Recognition Receptors (PRRs) and Danger-Recognition Receptors (DRRs)

Cytokines Important in Innate Immunity  

An Overview of Phagocytic Defense  

The Steps Involved in Phagocytosis

 

Unit-5, Lecture 3

Natural Killer Cells (NK Cells) and Invariant Natural Killer T-Lymphocytes (iNKT Cells) (NK cells only)

Inflammation (Concentrate on mechanism and benefits)

Nutritional Immunity  

Fever  

The Acute Phase Response

Intraepithelial T-lymphocytes and B-1 cells (OMIT)