Saturday, April 4, 2009

IgE mediated (type 1) hypersensitivity


This animation shows how IgE mediated hypersensitivity makes it so people develop allergic reaction. It goes through the process of this reaction step by step to help you understand why some people have allergies while others don't. Talks about the antigens that trigger these reactions and how the cells response in seconds by releasing histamines. The hisamines are the a response from the granules that trigger the symptoms. This animation helped me to understand IgE better.





2 comments:

  1. It is instersting to be able to associate our IgE antibodies involved in our allergic response. The understanding of the mast cells duties are clear to me. Lots of different outcomes can happen to people who suffer with allergies.

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  2. I like how the animations shows the process step by step in a very methodical way. For those of us seem to take a little longer to grasp the concept it works out well. This is a very good animation, well thought out and well executed.

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