Recognising non-self cells

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    • Phagocytosis
      1. Pathogen releases chemicals that attract phagocytes towards it along a concentration gradient
      2. Phagocyte binds to pathogen via complementary receptors
      3. Phagocyte engulfs pathogen, encasing it in a vesicle (phagosome)
      4. Lysosomes combine with phagosome
      5. Lysosomes release lysozymes to break down pathogen through hydrolysis reactions
      6. Soluble products are absorbed by cytoplasm, the insoluble are expelled
    • types of non-self cells that lymphocytes can recognise
      • Pathogens
      • Toxins from pathogens
      • Abnormal body cells
      • cells from other humans in transplanted organs
    • Define antigen
      A protein in the cell surface membrane that triggers an immune response
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