T cells/T cell receptors and Antigen Presenting Cells Flashcards

1
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What are the three cells of innate immunity?

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Phgocytes, NK cells, Dendritic Cells

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2
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What are the two types of dendritic cells?

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Antigen presenting (mDC) and Interferon-producing (pDC)

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3
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Cells of innate immunity are also cells of

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Adaptive immunity

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4
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Have a variety of functions including phagocytosis, secretion of cytokines and antigen presentation

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Dendritic Cells (DCs)

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5
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Collect proteins, some of which come from disease causing pathogens

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Antigen Presenting Cells (APCs)

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6
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Break down the proteins into peptides (short protein fragments 8-15 amino acids)

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APCs

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7
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APCs show these peptide fragments to

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T cells

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8
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Initiate the adaptive immune response

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APCs

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9
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Naïve T cells have not been exposed to

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Antigen

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10
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Do little/nothing to directly clear infections

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Naïve T cells

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11
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Produce effector molecules like cytokines (IL-4, IFN-γ)

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Effector T cells

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12
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Long lived, antigen specific cells that respond very quickly if reexposed to same antigen; rapid production of effector molecules/functions

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Memory T cells

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13
Q

Lymphocyte clones mature in generative lymphoid organs in the absence of

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Antigens

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14
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Clones of mature lymphocytes specific for diverse antigens enter

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Lymphoid tissues

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15
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Antigen-specific clones are then activted by

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Antigens

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16
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The result is an antigen-specific

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Immune response

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17
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Effector T cells and antibodies persist for weeks after exposure to antigen. This is called

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Protective immunity

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18
Q

Innate immune system signaling (i.e. TLRs) activates

-Causing maturation

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DCs

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19
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Must receive 2 signals to be fully activated

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T cells

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20
Q

Costimulatory molecules are upregulated on

-following signals from the innate immune system

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APCs

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21
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Binding of T-cell receptor (TCR) to the antigen-HLA complex on the dendritic cell (DC) delivers a signal (signal 1) that can induce

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Activation and expansion of T cells

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22
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The costimulatory signal (signal 2) is given by binding of

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CD28 to B7 molecules

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23
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Lack of costimulation inhibits

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T cell responses

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24
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Lack of Costimulation Inhibits T cell Responses. This is one reason that

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Tumors are hard to clear

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25
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Malignant tumor cells express Tumor Restricted Antigen (TRA) but no costimulatory molecules. As a result, CD8 T cells specific for the TRA can not be

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Activated

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26
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Upregulated on T cells after T cell is activated

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CTLA-4

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27
Q

Also binds to B-7, but its function is to shut down the T cell response

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CTLA-4

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28
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Cross-linking of CD28 delivers the co-stimulatory signal during activation of naive T cells and induces the expression of

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CTLA-4 (CD152)

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29
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CTLA-4 is upregulated soon after T cell activation. It is essential for

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Shutting down T cell responses

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30
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Mice without CTLA-4 die days after birth as a result of massive T cell infiltration of major

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Organs

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31
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Therapeutic costimulatory blockades are used as a strategy to block the function of autoreactive T cells to prevent

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Autoimmunity

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32
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To do this, we inject soluble CTLA-4 (CTLA-4-Ig) binds to B7 and prevents T cell from receiving signal 2 from

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APC

-as a result, T cell becomes anergic

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33
Q

We can enhance anti-tumor T cells by blocking the function of

-patient will often experience autoimmunity as well

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CTLA-4

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34
Q

What is the CTLA-4 blocker produced by Bristol-Myers Squibb?

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Ipilimumab (Yervoy)

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35
Q

In the early signalling events in T cell activation, TCR complex and coreceptors cluster within membrane lipid rafts upon

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Antigen recognition

36
Q

Then, Lymphocyte specific protein tyrosine motif (LCK) phosphorylates tyrosines in

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ITAM

37
Q

Next, ZAP-70 binds to phosphotyrosines and phosphorylates adaptor proteins including

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Linker for Activation of T cells (LAT)

38
Q

Recognizes complex of viral peptide with MHC class I and kills the infected cell

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Cytotoxic (CD8) T cells

39
Q

What are the two typed of CD4 T cells?

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TH1 and Helper T cells

40
Q

Recognizes complexes of bacterial peptides with MHC class II and activated macrophages

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TH1

41
Q

Recognizes complexes of antigenic peptide with MHC class II and activates B cells

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Helper T cells

42
Q

Functions to stimulate IgG production

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TH1 cells

43
Q

Stimulates the production of IgE

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TH2 cells

44
Q

Functions in classical macrophage activation and enhanced microbial killing

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TH1

45
Q

two of the main functions of TH2 are

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Antibody production and mast cell degranulation

46
Q

Also functions in intestinal mucus secretion and peristalsis and eosinophil activation

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TH2 cells

47
Q

TH2 cells can also function in as an alternative for macrophage activation which results in

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Enhanced fibrosis/tissue repair

48
Q

Functions in inflammation and to generate anti-microbial peptides. The also increase barrier function

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TH17 cells

49
Q

Inhibit T cell activation and T cell effector functions

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Regulatory (Tregs) T cells

50
Q

What are the 4 mechanisms of Treg function?

A
  1. ) DC targeting
  2. ) Inhibitory cytokines
  3. ) Cytolysis
  4. ) Metabolic disruption
51
Q

Peptides from pathogens are presented to T cells in the context of

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MHC

52
Q

What happens if the pathogen changes such that its peptides cannot be presented by MHC?

A

No immune response will occur

53
Q

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) escapes CD8 T cells by mutating amino acids necessary for binding to

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MHC class I

54
Q

Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses to human immunodeficiency virus arise early after

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Infection

55
Q

Human immunodeficiency virus may evade the CTL response by accumulating amino-acid replacements within

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CTL epitopes

56
Q

TCRs must bind to your MHC molecules, but not bind too strong (high avidity) such that the T cell is activated and causes

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Autoimmunity

57
Q

Selects the useful T cells, eliminates the dangerous T cells, and ignores the rest

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T cell development

58
Q

Picks out the T cells with useful TCRs

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Positive selection

59
Q

What percentage of thymocytes fail positive selection and die?

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95%

60
Q

Eliminates the T cells with dangerous TCRs

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Negative selection

61
Q

What percentage of positively selected thymocytes are subsequently killed by negative selection

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70%

62
Q

T cell recognition of self peptide-MHC is necessary for both

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Positive and Negative Selection

63
Q

Expression of MHC in the thymus is required for

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Positive selection

64
Q

T cell subsets develop in the

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Thymus

65
Q

What are the 4 T cell subsets that develop in the thymus?

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  1. ) CD4+ T cells
  2. ) CD8+ T cells
  3. ) Treg T cells
  4. ) NKT cells
66
Q

Making sure your immune system does not attack your own body

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Immunological Tolerance

67
Q

What are the two types of immunological tolerance?

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Central tolerance and peripheral tolerance

68
Q

Occurs in the thymus (T cells) and bone marrow (B cells)

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Central Tolerance

69
Q

The affinity of the TCR on developing thymocytes determines if the cell is

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Positively or negatively selected

70
Q

Thymic function decreases with

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Age

71
Q

In the aged thymus, the perivascular space (P) is increased in size and the thymopoietic cortex (C) and medulla (M) are significantly

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Constricted

72
Q

The TCR repertoire of the naive and memory CD4+ T cell compartments changes with

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Age

73
Q

A cure for leukemia and other cancers, and a fantastic tool to study the immune system *The bone marrow chimeric mouse

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Bone marrow transplant

74
Q

Killed by chemotherapy and radiation

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Hematopoetic Cells

75
Q

Not killed by chemotherapy and radiation

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Epithelial/stromal cells

76
Q

After a bone marrow transplant, immune cells will have genotype of the donor, while the epithelial/stromal cells will have the genotype of the

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Host

77
Q

Cell surface marker on all hematopoietic cells

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CD45

78
Q

What are the 5 steps of a bone marrow transplant to cure cancer?

A
  1. ) Collection
  2. ) Processing
  3. ) Cryopreservation
  4. ) Chemotherapy
  5. ) Reinfusion
79
Q

Death after a bone marrow transplant is often caused by infection because T cells do not

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Reconstitute

80
Q

Multi-potent cells are directed into the

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T cell lineage

81
Q

RAG1/2 (Recombination Activating Genes 1 /2 are expressed and mediate

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V(D)J recombination of the TCR loci

82
Q

Thymocytes undergo positive selection and then undergo

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Negative selection

83
Q

Then, multiple lineages are defined such as

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CD4, CD8, Treg, etc

84
Q

The selected thymocytes have TCRs that are

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MHC restricted

85
Q

Experimental results showed that T cells cannot respond to cells from different strains of mice infected with the same

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Same virus