Immunology lecture 15 - Type III Hypersensitivity Reactions 5/6
submitted by Alfredo Corell
on 02/02/14
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A lecture about the disorders due to the Immune complex depositions. Antigen-antibody complexes activate complement that results in inflammatory damage to the nearby tissue. Serum sickness and Arhus reactions are discussed. Diseases discussed are: SLE, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Polyarteritis Nodosum, Post-streptococcal GN, Famer's lungs (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) etc.
