Inflammation
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| Four cardinal signs of inflammation | Heat, redness, swelling & pain |
| Enlargement of the diameter of a blood vessel | Vasodilation |
| Increases “leakiness” of a blood vessel | Vasopermeability |
| Antigen from unlike species that elicit cross reactive antibodies | Heterophile antigen |
| Self-antigens usually hidden from the immune system | Sequestered antigen |
| Immunologically privileged sites | Testes, womb, cornea, CNS |
| A transplant from an identical twin (genetically identical) | Isograft (syngeneic) |
| Molecules on cells that cause transplant rejection | Class I MHC (HLA) molecules |
| Matches HLA molecules between donors & recipients | Tissue typing |
| Self antigens | Autologous antigens |
| Antigens from a genetically identical donor | Syngeneic (isogeneic) antigens |
| Antigens from a genetically different person | Allogeneic antigens |
| Antigens from a different species | Xenogeneic antigens |
| When the immune system attacks a transplant | Transplant rejection |