Cell-mediated immunity

... of my questions about malaria to all you lovely people. What type of immunity is sickle cell (trait) it malaria??? i say Natural,aquired or innate- am not sure!! :? xx

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Hello! i'm doing some work the protective effects of sickle cell on malaria. I know sickle cell trait provides a better protection for malaria. ... (complicated). Ive been told this: sickle cell trait provides protective immunity against mild malaria and rarely severe malaria as individual are more ...

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The innate immune system has many components (located on the cell surface or secreted into plasma, for example), but in general they target ... mechanisms of recombination and mutation. The components of the innate immunity (e.g. Toll-like receptor on macrophages, mannose-binding lectin in ...

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... immune system, and I understand the recognition process that this immune response involves. But how does for example the macrophages (or another cell used in the innate immune system) recognize their targets? What decides whether the aquired immune system or the innate immune system eliminates ...

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Well, you almost got it :) RTEs already express CD4 or CD8 marker (all T cells leaving the thymus are "single positive" CD4+ or CD8+ cells, ... in CD4+ RTE effector function may contribute to the reduced CD4+ T cell immunity observed in contexts in which CD4+ RTEs predominate, such as in ...

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