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> But duration is very difficult to reduce, because of the way the learning process of the immune system works. There's a bunch of sequential processes that occ
by jumanjijumanji 4y ago
> But duration is very difficult to reduce, because of the way the learning process of the immune system works. There's a bunch of sequential processes that occur sequentially.
I'm genuinely very curious for more detail about this. Can you describe what some of the processes are (or better, where I can go to learn about it)?
- chasil 4y agoI read about this process in the Immune book by Dettmer. Your dendritic cells are specialized to ingest pathogens, rip them apart with peroxide, then push their broken parts into cellular windows all over the dendritic cell's surface. The dendritic cell is also traveling in the lymph system while this is going on, and upon arrival at a lymph node it searches for a t-cell that matches some part that it is presenting. Once a t-cell is found that matches, that cell activates and clones thousands of copies. Half of the clones go towards the problem sites (where they trigger "ultra killer mode" on macrophages, among other things), and half stay behind to find and activate b-cells, which will then produce antibodies. This entire process does take a few days. https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/02/17/dettmer-immune/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/02/17/dettmer-immu... Here are some videos that this group made: Bacterial infection: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lXfEK8G8CUI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lXfEK8G8CUI Compliment system: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BSypUV6QUNw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BSypUV6QUNw Measles: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y0opgc1WoS4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y0opgc1WoS4 Rabies: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4u5I8GYB79Y https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4u5I8GYB79Y