Cytotoxic T Cells: Activation by MHC-Vantigen Complexes

Lecture Description

How cytotoxic T cells get activated by MHC-I/antigen complexes and then proceed to kill infected cells.

Course Description

Covers topics seen in a first year college or high school biology course.

Course Index

1. Introduction to Evolution, Variation in a Population and Natural Selection
2. Arguments for Intelligent Design and Evolution
3. Clarifying Points on Evolution
4. The Owl Butterfly: Natural Selection
5. DNA: Introduction
6. How Variation in a Species Can Be Introduced
7. DNA: Chromosomes, Chromatides, Chromatin, etc.
8. Understanding Mitosis, Meiosis, and Sexual Reproduction
9. Mitosis
10. Meiosis
11. Embryonic Stem Cells: Early Development
12. Cancer: Broken DNA Replication
13. Heredity: Genetics and Traits
14. Punnet Square Fun Overview
15. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
16. Gender: Sex Linked Traits
17. Bacteria Introduction
18. Viruses Introduction
19. Adenosine Triphosphate: ATP Introduction
20. Cellular Respiration
21. Oxidation and Reduction Overview
22. Introduction to Oxidation and Reduction in Cellular Respiration
23. Glycolysis Introduction
24. Krebs and the Citric Acid Cycle
25. Electron Transport Chain
26. Oxidative Phosphorylation and Chemiosmosis
27. Photosynthesis
28. Photosynthesis: Details of Light Reactions
29. Calvin Cycle or the Light-independent Reactions of Photosythesis
30. Calvin Cycle and Photorespiration Part 2
31. C-4 Photosynthesis: How Some Plants Avoid Photorespiration
32. CAM Plants
33. Cell Parts
34. Diffusion and Osmosis
35. The Lungs and Pulmonary System
36. Red Blood Cells: Oxygen Uptake by Hemoglobin
37. Circulatory System and the Heart
38. Hemoglobin
39. Neuron: Anatomy
40. Sodium Potassium Pump
41. Electronic and Action Potentials
42. Saltatory Conduction in a Neuron
43. Neuronal Synapsis (Chemical)
44. Myosin and Actin
45. Tropomyosin and Troponin
46. Role of the Sarcoplasmic
47. Muscle Cell Structure
48. Role of Phagocytes in Innate or Nonspecific Immunity
49. Innate and Adaptive Humoral vs. Cell-Mediated Immune Responses
50. B Cells: B Lymphocytes
51. Professional Antigen Presenting Cells (APC) and MHC II Complexes
52. Helper T Cells: Activating B Cells
53. Cytotoxic T Cells: Activation by MHC-Vantigen Complexes
54. Review of B Cells, CD4+ T Cells and CD8+ T Cells
55. Inflammatory Response
56. Kidney Function
57. Secondary Active Transport in the Nephron