\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.29402 cm} x{3.68298 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{IMPORTANT REMINDERS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Serum}} & Blood {\bf{W/O}} cells or Fibrinogen (clotting factor) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Plasma}} & Blood {\bf{W}} Fibrinogen and water but \textasciitilde{} still {\bf{NO}} cells \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Buffy Coat}} & Separated blood layer containing WBCs and Platelets \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{MHC}} & Major Histocompatibility Complex \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{TCR}} & T-Cell receptor \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{BCR}} & B-Cell receptor \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{PLASMA \textasciitilde{} in EDTA tube (purple top)}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/carsonmccall_1732842125_blood-components.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- Anti-Coagulants are needed for purifying \newline - Can be prepared as soon as its centrifuged \newline - {\bf{Fibrinogen = present}} \newline - Buffy coat can contaminate the liquidated fraction \newline - Composed of ions that is {\emph{representative of the circulating blood!}} \newline - Less stable} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{SERUM \textasciitilde{} Red-Top Tube}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/carsonmccall_1732851017_Screenshot 2024-11-28 at 8.56.17β€―PM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- No Anticoagulants added \newline - 30 min delay for clot formation \newline - Fibrinogen absent \newline - Cleaner sample (lacks depleted cells and cell remnants) \newline - Contains antibodies, antigens, electrolytes and medications, hormones and microorganisms \newline - The study of serology involves the study of the serum as the GS} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4577 cm} x{2.05965 cm} x{2.05965 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{ANTIBODY CLASSES}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{CLASS}} & {\bf{DESCRIPTION}} & {\bf{NOTES}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{IgG}} & Neutralizing Ab & mnemonic \textgreater{} "{\emph{grandmas memory}}" \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{{\emph{!Made later in immune response!}}}} & \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & {\bf{Primary}} Ab in {\emph{memory response}} & \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Found in blood & \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & Small size (able to pass barriers easily) & \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & 🌟🌟Highest in conc. in {\bf{Colostrum/Blood}} & \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & Longer half-life than IgM & \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Bind phagocytes via {\bf{Fc region}} & {\emph{Opsonin}} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 0) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{IgM}} & 🌟🌟 {\bf{First Ig}} in primary response & mnemonic \textgreater{} "{\emph{I want MINE first}}" \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & Short half-life & \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & 10 binding sites & \textgreater{} better {\bf{at aggregating than IgG}} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} & & \textgreater{} {\bf{Neutralizing Ab}} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Large size & \textgreater{} can't penetrate tissue \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4577 cm} x{2.05965 cm} x{2.05965 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{ANTIBODY CLASSES (cont)}} \tn % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & & \textgreater{} confined to blood/lymph \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{white} & {\bf{Activates {\emph{Compliment System}}}} & \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & 🌟🌟 {\bf{High conc. ==}} & {\bf{recent primary exposure}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{white} & No {\bf{Fc receptor}} for IgM on phagocytes & {\emph{CANNOT}} act as an opsonin \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 0) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{IgA}} & {\bf{!Important for mucosal protection!}} & mnemonic \textgreater{} "{\emph{Alpacas are snotty}}" \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Dimeric form & \textgreater{} has a {\bf{secretory piece}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{white} & & \textasciitilde{} prevents degradation by Proteases \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & & \textasciitilde{}🌟🌟 {\bf{secreted in MILK! (NOT ABSORBED THRU GUT)}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) % Row 24 \SetRowColor{white} & 🌟🌟 Prevents epithelial adherence of bacti & \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 3) % Row 25 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Helps protect {\bf{neonate mucosa in:}} & \textgreater{} GIT \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 26 \SetRowColor{white} & & \textgreater{} respiratory \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 27 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & & \textgreater{} UG tract \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 28 \SetRowColor{white} & Found in: & \textgreater{} tears, saliva, and bile \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) % Row 29 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 0) % Row 30 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{IgE}} & 🌟🌟 {\bf{!Important in adaptive resp. to {\emph{parasitic worms!}}}} & mnemonic \textgreater{} '{\emph{Ew worms and allergies}}" \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4577 cm} x{2.05965 cm} x{2.05965 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{ANTIBODY CLASSES (cont)}} \tn % Row 31 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & 🌟🌟 {\bf{Mediates Type-1 HS}} & \textgreater{} {\bf{Anaphylactic Shock}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 32 \SetRowColor{white} & Mechanism:: & 1. {\bf{B-cells \textgreater{}}} make IgE to Ag \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 33 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & & 2. {\bf{IgE \textgreater{}}} binds {\emph{Mast cells}} on their {\bf{Fc region}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 34 \SetRowColor{white} & & {\bf{Once exposed to Ag again:}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 35 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & & 3. {\bf{IgE \textgreater{}}} binds {\emph{Mast cells}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 36 \SetRowColor{white} & & \textasciitilde{} 🌟🌟Activates {\emph{degranulation}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 37 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & & 4. {\bf{Mast cells \textgreater{}}} 🌟🌟release {\emph{histamine}} \& vasoactive amines \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.41887 cm} x{1.28156 cm} x{1.87657 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Neonatal Immunity}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{COLOSTRUM}} & {\bf{MILK}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Source of Ab}} & Dam's serum & Mammary gland \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Ig Composition}} & IgG (high conc.) & IgA (much smaller conc.) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{**Prod.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}