Question

One of the common symptoms of leukemia is a significant decrease in functional white blood cells. Which components of nonspecific and specific immunity will be negatively affected by leukemia? Which components of the immune system will remain unaffected?

Answer 1

One of the common symptoms of leukemia is a significant increase in white blood cells.

• The components of non-specific immunity that get affected includes innate immune cells such neutrophiles, eosinophiles, basophiles and monocytes.

• Components of specific immunity that can get affected are B cells and T cells (lymphocytes).

• Since leukemia affect the bone marrow, almost all cellular components gets affected.

• Only the normal function of innate immune system such as providing physical barriers and mucosal secretion can not get affected by leukemia.

What is leukemia?

• It is a malignant progressive disease - a type of cancer  in which the bone marrow and other blood-forming organs and tissues produces significant number of abnormal White blood cells.

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