Essays on Immune System Page 2

Multiple indicators of leukemia are present in today’s children. The four major indicators of childhood leukemia include Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) is a malignant neoplastic disease of the bone and bone marrow (“Acute Myelogenous Leukemia” 1). Compared to AML, where 10% of…

Antibodies function as mediators of specific humoral immunity by engaging diverse molecular and cellular effector mechanisms that serve to eliminate the antigen. They are produced by B lymphocytes and plasma cells in the lymphoid organs and the bone marrow, but they perform their effector functions at sites distant from their production. Like the T cell…