Graphic Novel Project - Aaryan Patel
Storyboard Text
- Recognition: The immune system is able to identify and recognize foreign invaders that are not normally present in the body. This is done through a process of detecting unique molecules on the surface of the invaders called antigens.
- I am a macrophage. I am eating this pathogen to detect it's make-up.
- Oh no! I am being eaten!
- Activation: Once the immune system detects an invader, it activates specific immune cells to respond to the threat. This involves the production of chemical signals that alert the immune cells to the presence of the invader.
- I will show the antigens to helper T cells, who will activate other types of white blood cells.
- I am a helper T cell. I interact with antigens and activate memory T and killer T cells.
- I connect with T cells, activating and differentiating them into Killer T cells and Memory T cells.
- Response: The immune cells, such as white blood cells, then travel to the site of infection to attack and eliminate the invading pathogens. These immune cells have specialized receptors that can recognize and bind to the specific antigens on the surface of the pathogens.
- I am a memory T cell I remember a specific pathogen.
- I am a T cell. I interact with the helper T cell to be activated and differentiated into two types of cells.
- I am a killer T cell. I attack and destroy cells infected with pathogens.
- We need to multiply to take on the pathogen!
- Multiplication: Once activated, the immune cells multiply rapidly to increase their numbers, allowing them to mount a more effective response against the invaders.
- It's too big! What do we do?
- I made the infected cell burst, which destroyed it.
- Destruction: The immune cells then use various mechanisms to destroy the invading pathogens, such as engulfing them and breaking them down with enzymes or releasing toxic substances that kill the pathogens.
- I watch this happening from the side.
- Memory: After the infection has been cleared, some of the immune cells remain in the body as memory cells. These cells "remember" the specific antigens of the invader, allowing for a faster and more effective response if the same invader is encountered again in the future.
- We saw the Killer T cells destroy the infected cells, which stopped the pathogen from further reproducing.
- We will make sure our body remembers these pathogens. If they come back, we will be prepared and they will be destroyed even faster.
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