Scid.net - A primary immune deficiency web community based in Durham, NC
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The SCID Homepage
Description
Missing Body Defense Systems
The immune defense system is a body-wide network of organs, tissues, cells, and protein substances that work together to defend the body against attacks by "foreign" invaders. These invaders, called foreign antigens can be in the form of bacteria, virus, fungi, parasites or even single proteins.
Once a foreign antigen is detected the immune system attacks and destroys it. If the body is strong, it can win the battle most of the time. When a major component of the immune system is not functioning correctly, medical intervention is necessary to stay healthy and ward off infections.
The cells that make up the immune system develop in the bone marrow in the form of the stem cells. These develop into cells called B-lymphocytes, T-lymphocytes, NK-lymphocytes and phagocytes. These primary cell families and the proteins they produce make up the most important components of the immune system. These cells and proteins are all spread throughout the body so they can react quickly to any problem. The defining characteristic for SCID is always a severe defect in T cell production and function, with defects in B-lymphocytes as a primary or secondary problem and, in some genetic types, in NK cell production as well.
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- scid.net
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- Clifton VA
- United States 20124
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