tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84385682166092279032024-03-18T21:24:15.114-07:00My Friends BacteriaMizuhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013494534388983346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438568216609227903.post-45474766470757250182012-07-13T14:48:00.000-07:002012-07-13T18:23:51.999-07:005.Can we control our immune system??<br />
<span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"If")"><span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"If")">If</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"hygiene")">hygiene</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"hypothesis")">hypothesis</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"is")">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"correct")">correct</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"we")">we</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"might")">might</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"be")">be</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"able")">able</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"control")">control</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"our")">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"immune")">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"system")">system</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"and")">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"prevent")">prevent</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"disease")">disease</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"Frequent")">Frequent</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"interaction")">interaction</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"of")">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"children")">children</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"with")">with</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"outside")">outside</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"environment")">environment</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"will")">will</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"allow")">allow</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"them")">them</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"contact")">contact</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"various")">various</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"types")">types</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"of")">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"thereby")">thereby</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"preventing")">preventing</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"allergic")">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"diseases")">diseases</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"Furthermore")">Furthermore</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"there")">there</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"are")">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"several")">several</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"reports")">reports</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"that")">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"certain")">certain</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"foods")">foods</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"including")">including</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"work")">work</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"well")">well</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"with")">with</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"our")">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"body")">body</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"For")">For</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"example")">example</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"yogurt")">yogurt</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"containing")">containing</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"lactic")">lactic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"acid")">acid</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"is")">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"believed")">believed</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"make")">make</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"us")">us</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"healthy")">healthy</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"and")">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"prevent")">prevent</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"diseases")">diseases</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"as")">as</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"these")">these</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"strengthen")">strengthen</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"immune")">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"system")">system</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"This")">This</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"hypothesis")">hypothesis</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"is")">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"termed")">termed</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"probiotics")">probiotics.</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"However")">However</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"extent")">extent</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"of")">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"protection")">protection</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"that")">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"probiotics")">probiotics</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"offer")">offer</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"our")">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"body")">body</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"is")">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"still")">still</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"unclear")">unclear</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"This")">This</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"is")">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"because")">because</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"we")">we</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"are")">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"already")">already</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"constantly")">constantly</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"exposed")">exposed</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"various")">various</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"strains")">strains</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"of")">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"present")">present</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"in")">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"our")">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"environment")">environment</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"Additionally")">Additionally</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"most")">most</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"of")">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"available")">available</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"data")">data</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"demonstrating")">demonstrating</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"benefits")">benefits</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"of")">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"our")">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"body")">body</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"are")">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"claimed")">claimed</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"by")">by</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"companies")">companies</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"producing")">producing</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"fermented")">fermented</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"foods")">foods</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"Thus")">Thus</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"this")">this</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"represents")">represents</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"research")">research</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"conflicts")">conflicts</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"that")">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"require")">require</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"further")">further</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"detailed")">detailed</span> investigation/experiements. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7orSIWpMIrlpu0r9lNUmIO9NkkJ4oKc-IEskBBdKFrnNm0uBnrhWnbLmx0S8IP5st0nLVcwZ2WzPBzEvdIKQXaonCfqcVkXRHS70KLf93gBQynGofYpX8Bn0z1al41VXIwi9PEPKcrw/s1600/Untitled-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $ca="true" border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7orSIWpMIrlpu0r9lNUmIO9NkkJ4oKc-IEskBBdKFrnNm0uBnrhWnbLmx0S8IP5st0nLVcwZ2WzPBzEvdIKQXaonCfqcVkXRHS70KLf93gBQynGofYpX8Bn0z1al41VXIwi9PEPKcrw/s400/Untitled-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Mizuhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013494534388983346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438568216609227903.post-11845430934161411532012-07-13T14:32:00.000-07:002012-07-13T18:23:42.918-07:004.How do environmental factors affect to our immune system?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXGL0kjoSBTNROTJWtwPsmebFbU7Lt2CQ6bvuJRqkmGd2wOMRGOqH-Gb7sH1e84v9MA6byc8s6XjfstJ_C6yiAQF8FiGPDphrajD6Cl4Tow54NTFakPHVOIEI1OT7Ib_3eyfkk1JhLV8/s1600/Untitled-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img $ca="true" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXGL0kjoSBTNROTJWtwPsmebFbU7Lt2CQ6bvuJRqkmGd2wOMRGOqH-Gb7sH1e84v9MA6byc8s6XjfstJ_C6yiAQF8FiGPDphrajD6Cl4Tow54NTFakPHVOIEI1OT7Ib_3eyfkk1JhLV8/s400/Untitled-4.jpg" style="cursor: move;" unselectable="on" width="295" /></a><span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"Some")">Some</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"environmental")">environmental</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"factors")">factors</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"such")">such</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"as")">as</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"smoking")">smoking</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"and")">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"dust")">dust</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"induce")">affect the susceptibility for </span><span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"allergic")">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"disease")">disease</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"In")">In</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"contrast")">contrast</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"there")">there</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"are")">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"interesting")">interesting</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"reports")">reports</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"implicating")">implicating</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"that")">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"contact")">contact</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"with")">with</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"protect")">protect</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"from")">from</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"allergic")">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"disease")">disease</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"This")">This</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"hypothesis")">hypothesis</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"is")">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"called")">called</span> a <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"hygiene")">hygiene</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"hypothesis")">hypothesis</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"For")">For</span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"example")">example</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"allergic")" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"disease")">disease</span></span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"has")">has</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"been")">been</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"increased")">increased</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"in")">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"developed")">developed</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"countries")">countries</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"using")">using</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"antibiotics")">antibiotics</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"and")">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"clean")">clean</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"products")">products</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"Furthermore")">Furthermore</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"it")">it</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"is")">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"reported")">reported</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"that")">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"children")">children</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"growing")">growing</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"up")">up</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"in")">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"farming")">farming</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"area")">area</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"where")">where</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"they")">they</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"have")">have</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"more")">more</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"chance")">chance</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"exposure")">exposure</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"are")">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"more")">more</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"resistant")">resistant</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"asthma")">asthma</span> development <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"compare")">compared</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">with</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"urban")">urban</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"area")">area</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"These")">These</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"suggest")">suggest</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"that")">that</span> that <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"exposure")">exposure</span> to bacteria <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"protect")">protects</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"from")">from</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"allergic")">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"disease")">disease development</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"though")">though</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"there")">there</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"are")">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"still")">still</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"no")">no</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"direct")">define </span><span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"data")">evidence</span>. </div>
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<span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"The")">The</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"allergic")">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"diseases")">diseases</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"are")">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"caused")">caused</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"by")">by</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"inappropriate")">inappropriate</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"immunological")">immunological</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"responses")">responses</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"harmless")">harmless</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"antigens")">antigens called allergens</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"The")">The</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"mechanism")">mechanism</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"of")">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"hygiene")">hygiene</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"hypothesis")">hypothesis</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"is")">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"unclear")">unclear</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"but")">but</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"it")">it</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"is")">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"proposed")">proposed</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"that")">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"induce")">induce</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"immune")">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"response")">response</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"stimulate")">stimulate</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"macrophage")">immune cells eliminating bacteria </span><span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"and")">and</span> down-<span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"regulates")">regulates</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"produce")">produce</span> allergic <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"antibody")">antibody</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"for")">for</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"harmless")">harmless</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"antigens")">antigens</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"In")">In</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"other")">other</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"words")">words</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"insufficient")">insufficient</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"stimulation")">stimulation</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"of")">of</span> anti-bacterial <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"immune")">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"response")">response</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"leads")">leads</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"an")">an</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"overactive")">overactive</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"response")">response against allergens</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"which")">which</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"in")">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"turn")">turn</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"led")">led</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"allergic")">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"disease")">disease</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"The")">The</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"children")">children</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"living")">living</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"in")">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"too")">too</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"sterile")">sterile</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"an")">an</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"environment")">environment</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"are")">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"not")">not</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"exposed")">exposed</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"enough")">enough</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"bacteria")">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"to")">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"keep")">keep</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"the")">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"immune")">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"system")">system</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word" onmouseover="emph_wt(this,"busy")">busy</span>.</div>
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<span class="popup_dictionary_word">The</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">system</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> a <span class="popup_dictionary_word">remarkably</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">effective</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">protection</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">from</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacterial</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">infection</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">Therefore</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">disorders</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">system</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">can</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">result</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">disease</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">such</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">as</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immunodeficiency</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">autoimmunity</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">hypersensitivity</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">Several</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">genetic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">variations</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">important</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">factors</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">system</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">associated</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">these</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">diseases</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">However</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">people</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">with</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">genetic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">variation</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">induce</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">not</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">always</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">these</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">diseases</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">For</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">example</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">diseases</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">caused</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">by</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">inappropriate</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immunological</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">responses</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">harmless</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">antigens</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">genetic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">variations</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">system</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">associated</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">disease</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">but</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">not</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">everyone</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">who</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">has</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">genetic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">variation</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">become</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">allergic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">disease</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">Thus</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">genetic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">variations</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">affect</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">just</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">prevalence</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">disease</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">other</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">factors</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">environment</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">also</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">affect</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">develop</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">disease</span>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBebLjImrLjAH4yrYocB70_U0weoBKkDhlWfxGlYQ4w2eNC1GLOfeKWR7-HPQGUxkqgL0wN1XA1XtzNZJhuM52VXrdDQvIR2ye0yO6UM0tK4r7YfE52dQuc4p989uT1rFcrBWypX3IEI4/s1600/Untitled-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; height: 300px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 446px;"><img $ca="true" border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBebLjImrLjAH4yrYocB70_U0weoBKkDhlWfxGlYQ4w2eNC1GLOfeKWR7-HPQGUxkqgL0wN1XA1XtzNZJhuM52VXrdDQvIR2ye0yO6UM0tK4r7YfE52dQuc4p989uT1rFcrBWypX3IEI4/s640/Untitled-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mizuhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013494534388983346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438568216609227903.post-40216178222987699932012-07-13T14:24:00.003-07:002012-07-13T18:23:07.773-07:002.How does the immune system recognize and destroy the pathogenic bacteria?<span class="popup_dictionary_word"></span><br />
<span class="popup_dictionary_word">Once</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">enter</span>s <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span>to <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">within</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recognize</span> the <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">The</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">have</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">several</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">pattern</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recognition</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">receptors</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">which</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recognize</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">components</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">conserved</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">among</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">broad</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">groups</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">For</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">example</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">these</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">receptors</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recognize</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">specific</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">DNA</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">RNA</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacterial</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cell</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">wall</span>s, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">respectively</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">but</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">do</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">not</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recognize</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">product</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">from</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">ourselves</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">There</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">more</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">than</span> 30 <span class="popup_dictionary_word">receptors</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">at</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">surface</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">inside</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span>. <br />
<span class="popup_dictionary_word">However</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">system</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">must</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">destroy</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">only</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">pathogenic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">because</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">originally</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">has</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">many</span> non-<span class="popup_dictionary_word">pathogenic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">useful</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">It</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">still</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">unclear</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">how</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">systems</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">identify</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">only</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">pathogenic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">but</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">not</span> non-<span class="popup_dictionary_word">pathogenic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">though</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">both</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">groups</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">have</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">same</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">components</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recognized</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">by</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">pattern</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recognition</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">receptors</span>. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0GrY866Pa99AhwKiUx9-pF9l-PXP-JCb9tcJCtq6eK0SXEtlS2vTPzMd7FkugpxTzy7GBqo4aCsAhLEvoGRiVgL8ukUCM-gr67g1J1IgyK6DMAMR5JyrTJeZ6OcVZVqUPf9-l3E56Fc/s1600/Untitled-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img $ca="true" border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0GrY866Pa99AhwKiUx9-pF9l-PXP-JCb9tcJCtq6eK0SXEtlS2vTPzMd7FkugpxTzy7GBqo4aCsAhLEvoGRiVgL8ukUCM-gr67g1J1IgyK6DMAMR5JyrTJeZ6OcVZVqUPf9-l3E56Fc/s320/Untitled-2.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="popup_dictionary_word">After</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recognition</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">many</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">molecules</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">trigger</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">release</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">several</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cytokines</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">These</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cytokines</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">responsible</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">for</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">communication</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">between</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">white</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">blood</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">These</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cytokines</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recruit</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">one</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">white</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">blood</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">neutrophils</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">macrophages</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">which</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">eat</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">clear</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">This</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">step</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">called</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">innate</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">response</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">it</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">early</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">but</span> non-specific.</div>
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<span class="popup_dictionary_word">Additionally</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">macrophages</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">present</span> a <span class="popup_dictionary_word">part</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacterial</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">components</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">at</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">surface</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">as</span> a <span class="popup_dictionary_word">sign</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">coming</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">Then</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">special</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">types</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">white</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">blood</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span>, T <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">contact</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">macrophages</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">recognize</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">what</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">kind</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">coming</span>. T <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">induce</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cytokines</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word"></span><span class="popup_dictionary_word">activate</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">more</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word"></span><span class="popup_dictionary_word">macrophage</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">On</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">other</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">hand</span>, T <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">contact</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">with</span> B <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells,</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">which</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">other</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">white</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">blood</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">these</span> B <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">produce</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">antibodies</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">which</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bind</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> a <span class="popup_dictionary_word">specific</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">eliminate</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">them</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">This</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">step</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">which</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">called</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">adaptive</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">response</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">slow</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">but</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">specific</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">The</span> B <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">memorize</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">each</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">specific</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">pathogen</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">induce</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">an</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">earlier</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">stronger</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">response</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">if</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">pathogen</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">detected</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">again</span>.</div>
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<br />Mizuhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013494534388983346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438568216609227903.post-9988168293240532392012-07-13T14:19:00.001-07:002012-07-13T18:33:06.086-07:001.What is bacteria?<span class="popup_dictionary_word"></span><br />
<span class="popup_dictionary_word">Bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">microorganisms</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">ubiquitous</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">environment</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">including</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">on</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">food</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">soil</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">Bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">have</span> a <span class="popup_dictionary_word">wide</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">range</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">shapes</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">ranging</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">from</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">spheres</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">rods</span>.<br />
<span class="popup_dictionary_word">There</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">typically</span> 40 <span class="popup_dictionary_word">million</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> a <span class="popup_dictionary_word">gram</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">soil</span>, a <span class="popup_dictionary_word">million</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> a <span class="popup_dictionary_word">millilitre</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">fresh</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">water</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> 10<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(15)</span> </span><span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">ten</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">times</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">as</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">many</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">as</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">human</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cells</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">human</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">In</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">all</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">there</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">approximately</span> 5×10<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(30)</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">on</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">Earth</span>.<br />
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<span class="popup_dictionary_word">Most</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">environment</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">harmless</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">important</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">for</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">For</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">example</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">they</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">have</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">roles</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">produce</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">nutrients</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">protect</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">from</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">pathogens</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">help</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">establishment</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">system</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">In</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">addition</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">important</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">for</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">production</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">ferment</span>ed <span class="popup_dictionary_word">food</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">such</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">as</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">cheese</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">yogurt</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">as</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">well</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">as</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">manufacture</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">antibiotics</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">other</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">chemicals</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">However</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">some</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">pathogenic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">they</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">attack</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">Therefore</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">systems</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">try</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">block</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">these</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">infecting</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">us</span>.<br />
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<span class="popup_dictionary_word">There</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">many</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">environment</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">such</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">as</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">soil</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">on</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">food</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">Most</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">in</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">environment</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">harmless</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">important</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">for</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">However</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">some</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">them</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">are</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">pathogenic</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">attack</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">although</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">we</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">usually</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">do</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">not</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">become</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">diseased</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">because</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">system</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">The</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">system</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">one</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">of</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">the</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">mechanisms</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">within</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">body</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">that</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">protect</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">against</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">disease</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">by</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">killing</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">and</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">virus</span>. <span class="popup_dictionary_word">Therefore</span>, <span class="popup_dictionary_word">it</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">is</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">important</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">to</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">understand</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">how</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">our</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">immune</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">system</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">interacts</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">with</span> <span class="popup_dictionary_word">bacteria</span>.Mizuhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013494534388983346noreply@blogger.com0