Antigen
Elimination
Factors that determine an antigens
elimination:
˜Type of
immune response
˜Main site of
antigen entry
ˆhumoral
immune response
Ueffector
molecule is the antibody
Uantibody-antigen
complexes formed and are removed by the lymphatic system
Uantibody
binds to antigen (opsonization) and are phagocytized
ˆcell-mediated
immune response
Ueffector cell
is the Tcytotoxic lymphocyte
Uantigen is
destroyed along with infected
host cell
