Lectures (Video)
- 1. What Is Biomedical Engineering?
- 2. What Is Biomedical Engineering? (cont.)
- 3. Genetic Engineering
- 4. Genetic Engineering (cont.)
- 5. Cell Culture Engineering
- 6. Cell Culture Engineering (cont.)
- 7. Cell Communication and Immunology
- 8. Cell Communication and Immunology (cont.)
- 9. Biomolecular Engineering: Engineering of Immunity
- 10. Biomolecular Engineering: Engineering of Immunity (cont.)
- 11. Biomolecular Engineering: General Concepts
- 12. Biomolecular Engineering: General Concepts (cont.)
- 13. Cardiovascular Physiology
- 14. Cardiovascular Physiology (cont.)
- 15. Cardiovascular Physiology (cont.)
- 16. Renal Physiology
- 17. Renal Physiology (cont.)
- 18. Biomechanics and Orthopedics
- 19. Biomechanics and Orthopedics (cont.)
- 20. Bioimaging
- 21. Bioimaging (cont.)
- 22. Tissue Engineering
- 23. Tissue Engineering (cont.)
- 24. Biomedical Engineers and Cancer
- 25. Biomedical Engineers and Artificial Organs
Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering - Lecture 8
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Lecture 8 - Cell Communication and Immunology (cont.)
Professor Saltzman continues his discussion of cell communication in the body, extending the description to the nervous and immune system. Professor Saltzman describes the mode of signal transmission in neurons: action potential in the axon, and neurotransmitter release at the synaptic cleft. He also introduces elements of the innate and adaptive immune system. The adaptive immune system is presented as a host/foreign antigen recognition system involving immune cells (T, B, and macrophages), antibodies, and the major histocompatibility complex 1 and 2. Immune response by cytotoxic T cells, T helper cells, and B cells to antigen recognition are discussed in detail.
Prof. W. Mark Saltzman
BENG 100 Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2008 (Yale University: Open Yale) http://oyc.yale.edu Date accessed: 2009-01-06 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
