, 1. Initial medication for RA before special: DMARD (Disease modifying an-tirheumatic drug)
not always effective
2. Recent hepatitis C treatment time: 3 months; 96% cure rate
3. HIV/AIDS virus destroys cells/immune system while pt asymptomatic: -
CD4/T cells
4. Recombinant DNA technology: joining 2 DNA molecules & inserting into a hostorganism and
generates products from human use
5. Biologics: specialty meds made from recombinant DNA technology; growth ofspecialty pharmacy
industry.
6. Humoral immunity: immune response from B-cells + antibody production
7. Leukocytes that develop plasma cells & produce antibodies to bind toantigens: B-cells
8. Antibodies: molecules that bind/inactivate antigen molecules via formation ofantigen-antibody
complex
9. immune response mediated by T cells/lymphocytes; collab w/humoral im-munity: cell-
mediated immunity
10. produces cytokines: T cells
11. Nonantibody proteins released by activated t cells upon contact w anti-gens. intercellular
mediators of immune response.: cytokines
12. T helper cells: promote actions of immune system cells
13. cells limit immune response/balances helper T cells: T suppressor
14. differentiated T cells that recognizes foreign antigens/destroys target cell-
: Cytotoxic T cells
15. biologics that enhance/reduce immune response: immunomodulating drugs
16. immunomodulating drugs example: interferons, monoclonal antibodies, inter-leukin receptor
antagonists/agonists, miscellaneous drugs.
17. drugs specifically treat cancer cells/avoids healthy cells and treats autoimmune
inflammatory dz/RA; interferes w overactive immune response.-
: immunomodulating drugs
18. proteins w antitumor, antiviral, immunomodulating properties; tx can-cer/viral
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