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6.3 - Types of Immunity: Innate & Acquired Flashcards

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1
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When does an immune response take over?

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When pathogens overcome the defence system of the body

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List the steps of an immune response

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  1. Detect and identify foreign substance
  2. Communicate with other immune cells
  3. Recruit help and co-ordinate response
  4. Destroy/suppress invader
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List the 2 types of chemical signalling used by the immune system

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  • Antibodies (Ab) bind to antigen (Ag)

Cytokines
- affect growth or activity of other cells

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What are the 2 main categories of immunity?

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innate and acquired immunity

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How does response time and specificity differ for innate and acquired immunity?

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Innate
- more rapid, non-specific

Acquired
- slower, specific

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TRUE OR FALSE

Innate responses can eventually lead to acquired responses

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TRUE

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Innate immunity is present _____ the pathogen is encountered

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before

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Once a pathogen is encountered, innate immunity responds within _____

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minutes to hours

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TRUE OR FALSE

Innate immunity remembers past infections and acquired immunity does not remember past infections

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FALSE

Innate: DOES NOT remember

Acquired: remembers

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All organisms have the ______ immunity

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Innate

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TRUE OR FALSE

An inflammation is distinctive in an acquired immune response

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FALSE

inflammation = innate immunity

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An acquired immune response takes ____

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days to weeks: SLOW

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Acquired immunity can be further subdivided into ?

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cell-mediated immunity

humoral immunity (antibodies)

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TRUE OR FALSE

Acquired immunity is only found in vertebrates

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TRUE

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What are the 2 lines of defences of the innate immune system?

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1st line of defence
- physical and chemical barriers

2nd line of defence
- patrolling or stationary leukocytes and blood proteins

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Why is the 1st line of defence of the innate immune system the most vulnerable?

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Due to the thin epithelium exposed to outside env

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The majority of innate immune system cells are ____

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phagocytes

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Innate immune system cells attract other immune cells by secreting cytokines. What are these called? Give some examples.

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chemotaxins

  • cytokines (chemokines) and other immune blood proteins
  • products of tissue injury (e.g. fibrin)
  • bacterial products
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How do phagocytes leave the circulation and enter tissue through capillary walls?

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squeeze in between endothelial cells in capillary linings

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Phagocytes identify the invader by __

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chemical cues that interact with receptors on the phagocytes membrane

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TRUE OR FALSE

Phagocytes can only ingest organic material

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FALSE

BOTH organic and inorganic

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What’s opsonization?

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tagging a pathogen for destruction

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A protein that can opsonize is called a _____

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What happens when some pathogens do not have surface features that can be identified by phagocytes?

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Blood proteins bind to the pathogen to tag it

phagocytes have receptors for blood proteins

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What is a phagolysosome?
a pathogen that is ingested and fused with lysosomes and digestive enzymes and chemicals that kill it
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What is pus?
dead phagocytes, tissue fluids, and debris collected at the site of injury
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What are natural killer cells (NK) ?
Lymphocytes associated with innate immunity but have adaptive responses (specific pathogens)
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How long do NK cells take to act?
within minutes
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TRUE OR FALSE NK cells have specific receptors like B and T cells
FALSE
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How do NK cells kill?
- bring apoptosis in pathogen infected cells | - attack tumour cells
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NK cells also produce important cytokines. List and describe their features
interferons - interfere with viral replication IFN A and B = induce antiviral state in nearby cells to prevent viral replication IFN Y = activate macrophages and other immune cells
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What is the role of chemical mediators in innate immune response?
to create the inflammatory response - red warm swelling in skin - signals other cells and agents to the site - increase capillary permeability and causes fever - physical barier to prevent spread of pathogen - promotes tissue repair
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What is the cytokine released to create an inflammatory response?
interleukin-1 (IL-1)
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What are the functions of IL-1?
- act on endothelial cells lining blood vessels, loosens junctions between cells - act on liver cells to produce blood proteins involved in damage control - induce fever - stimulate cytokine production
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What is the MAC attack and what causes it?
MAC = membrane attack complex caused by complement proteins that make holes in pathogen membranes to allow ions and water to enter, causing pathogen to swell and lyse
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What are complement proteins? Give some examples
collective term for over 25 blood proteins that are activated by sequential proteolysis e.g. opsonins, chemotaxins
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Acquired immunity is also called ____
adaptive or specific immunity
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What are involved in acquired immunity?
lymphocytes and lymphocytes products
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What are the 3 types of lymphocytes found in the body?
Natural Killer Cells (NK) B cells - activated form is the plasma cell T cells - TC and TH
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Which cells can expand clonally?
T cells and B cells
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What is specificity?
individual cells recognizing different specific pathogens
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What are naive cells?
cells that never encountered specific pathogen before
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What happens to naive cells once they encounter a pathogen?
expand clonally, lots of effector cells
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What are plasma cells? What do they do?
Mature B cells produce a lot of antibodies (around 2000 Abs per second)
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What is the difference between primary and secondary Ab responses?
primary: - slower response and less Ab [ ] secondary: - faster response 24-48 hours to match primary response - mediated by memory cells - more Ab [ ]
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How do vaccinations work?
- patient given inactivated pathogen | - generate memory cells to recognize natural pathogen
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List and define the 5 classes of immunoglobins in humans
IgM - produced during primary responses - activates complement IgA - found in secretion - neutralizes pathogens before entry - e.g. saliva, tears IgD - found on surface of B cells with IgM - unknown function IgG - makes up 75% plasma Ab - secondary response Ab - activates complement, opsonizes IgE - allergic responses - recognized by mast cells
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What are some important features of the structure of an antibody?
- 4 polypeptides, Y shaped - identical sides, 2 light and heavy chains - arms (Fab) contain the antigen binding site - stem (Fc) determines Ab class
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TRUE OR FALSE: Antibodies are most effective to intracellular pathogens
FALSE Extracellular pathogens
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What are the functions of antibodies?
- act as opsonins to tag Ag for phagocytosis - cause Ag/pathogen clumping - neutralize bacterial toxins - activate complement - activate B cells - activate Ab dependent cellular activity (e.g. NK cells or eosinophils) - activates mast cells to degranulate
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Where do B cells have antibodies?
on their surface as receptors (up to 100,000) that can bind to Ag directly
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TRUE OR FALSE T cells learn to recognize self MHC proteins in the bone marrow
false IN THE THYMUS
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TRUE OR FALSE T cells can bind to free Ag
FALSE can only bind to Ags bound to class 1 or 2 MHC

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