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ALEVEL NOTES ON THE IMMUNITY TOPIC- HIV ADJUSTED TO THE AQA SPECIFICATION AND MADE FROM MARKSCHEMES

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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus
=

HIV

causes the disease acquired immune
deficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) .




AIDS is condition where the immune deteriorates and
eventually fails This makes someone with
system
a
-


.




AIDS more vulnerable to other infections , like pneumonia .




What are the host cells for HIV ?



HIV CD4X cells , cells that have specific CD4 their
targets meaning this molecule called
-


on


membrane I CD4 is used to help




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macrophage
HIV infects and
eventually kills helper T cells ( a CD4X cell )
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.





The CD4 -1 cells ( Tn cells ) act as hosts cells
e.g
-




Remember helper ( via called
T send chemical signals molecules
cytokines) that activate
-


cells


phagocytes ( macrophages Ineutrophils ) ,
cytotoxic T-cells and B- cells .




How does HIV
develop AIDS ?



Without T-cells
enough helper (due
hijacking helper T-cells) the
system unable have
-



to HIV ,
immune is to

effective infections because don't behave how
an
response to other immune
system cells
they should .




People infected with HIV develop AIDS when the helper T their
body reach
-
-
cell numbers in a



low level
critically .




Structure of HIV

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protein
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On the outside is a
lipid envelope ,
embedded in


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( RNA
) which are -
like attachment proteins
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.




, envelope is a
protein layer called the


capsid that encloses two
single strands of RNA and




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the reverse reaction to that


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out
lipid envelope

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transcriptase
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matrix

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