Key Terms

affinity maturation 1100

antigen 1081

antigen processing and presentation 1109

autoimmunity 1079

B cell 1081

B-cell receptor (BCR) 1101

chemokines 1087

clonal selection theory 1091

complement 1085

cytokines 1086

cytotoxic T cell 1104

dendritic cells 1087

epitope 1093

Fc receptor 1094

helper T cells 1104

immunoglobulins 1088

inflammasome 1085

inflammation 1086

interleukins 1123

isotypes 1090

junctional imprecision 1099

lymphocytes 1082

macrophages 1086

major histocompatibility complex (MHC) 1081

memory cells 1123

natural killer (NK) cells 1086

neutrophils 1087

opsonization 1094

plasma cells 1102

primary lymphoid organs 1082

secondary lymphoid organs 1082

somatic recombination 1095

T cell 1081

T-cell receptor (TCR) 1115

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 1084

transcytosis 1090