ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY Flashcards

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Adaptive immunity mechanisms are not “in place” and require _______ to pathogen

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Exposure

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Adaptive immunity is the defence mechanisms that target s________ foreign molecules (________) often associated with patients

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Specific

Antigens

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Adaptive immunity initially takes _____

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Days

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Adaptive immunity is also known as _________ immune response or _______ immune response

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Required

Specific

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Adaptive immunity involves two components called what

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Antibody mediated immunity (humoral immunity)

Cell mediated immunity

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B-lymphocytes (b-cells) = ___________ _________ immunity

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Antibody-mediated

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T-lymphocytes (T-cells) = _____-_________ immunity

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Cell mediated Immunity

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________ are specific molecules that the body recognises as foreign

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Antigens

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The small accessible part of an antigen that binds to an antigen receptor is called what

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An epitope

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Exposure to the antigen activates ______ & _______ ________ with _________ receptors specific for parts of that antigen

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B and T cells

Antigen receptors

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B cells and T cells have receptor ______ that can bind to foreign material

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proteins

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Binding of a B-cell antigen receptor to an antigen gives rise to cells that secrete a soluble form of the protein called an antibody or ________________ (Ig)

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Immunoglobulin

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Secreted antibodies are similar to B cell receptors but lack t___________ regions that anchor r________ in the plasma membrane

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transmembrane

Receptors

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Antibodies have 2 _________ light chains and 2 identical ______ chains joined together by ______ bonds

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Identical
Heavy
disulfide

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The ______ region of the antibody binds to the antigen

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variable

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The ______ region of an antibody differs depending on the class of the antibody and ensures that each antibody generates an appropriate immune response for a given antigen

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Constant

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Ig_= associated with body secretions

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A

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Ig_= first antibody produced

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M

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Ig_= involved in parasitic infections and allergies (binding)

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E

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Ig_= exact function is not known but mainly an antigen receptor on B cells

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D

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Ig_= most common and prevalent and longest lasting antibody

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G

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Antibodies are very specific p_____ molecules that medial h______ immune response

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Protein

Humoral

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Antibodies are produced and secreted by ________ in response to the binding of _______

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B-lymphocytes

Antigens

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Antibodies form _______-________ in blood plasma

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Gamma globulins

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Antibodies are specific to a particular what
Antigen
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Antibodies bind to antigens forming ______-_______ complexes
antigen-antibody
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The first step in B cell activation is leading to formation of cells that can secrete ______
antibodies
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Activation of B cells produces what
Antibodies
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Each T cell receptor (TCR) consists of two different ___________ chains (alpha and beta)
polypeptide
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Each T cell receptor consists of two polypeptide chains - the tips of these chains from a ______ region; the rest is a ________ region
Variable | Constant
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MHC - ________ _____________ complex molecules are host proteins that display the antigen _______ on the cell surface
Major histocompatibility complex | Fragments
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T cells bind antigen fragments displayed or presented on a _____ cell - these antigen fragments are bound to cell surface proteins called what?
host | Major histocompatibility complex
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In infected cells, MHC molecules bind and transport antigen fragments to the cell _____ - a process called a______ p_____
Surface | Antigen presentation
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MHC class II allow recognition of _____
APCs | Antigen presentation cells
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The interaction of ____ molecules and antigen fragment is necessary for the T cell to participate in ______ immune response
MHC | adaptive
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The two branches of adaptive immunity are what
Humoral immune response | Cell mediated immune response
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______ immune response: antibodies help neutralise or eliminate toxins and pathogens in blood or lymph
Humoral
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____ mediated immune response: specialised T cells destroy affected host cells
Cell mediated immune
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Helper T cells are activated when it's receptors combine with _______complex
antigen-MHC
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Helper T cells also recongise antigen presented by B-cell and releases _______ which result in an activated B-cell
cytokines
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Some B cells become ____ cells and secrete _______
plasma | Antibodies
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Some B cells become ____ cells which result in faster response next time a pathogen invades
memory
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Secreted antibodies combine with antigens to form antigen-antibody complex - this inactivates _______ and makes _______ easier
Pathogen | Phagocytosis
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Cell mediated immune response involves _______
T-lymphocytes
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T-cells with appropriate receptor are activated by ____
APC
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Cell mediated immune response produces a clone of ______ cells and some of which function as _____ T-cells
T-cells | Memory T-cells
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Helper T cells differentiate and release _______ that act on other T cells as well as _______
Cytokines | macrophages
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_________ T-cells leave lymph node and attack infected cells
Cytotoxic
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_______ cells release proteins that make infected cells permeable leading to their rupture
Cytotoxic
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Antibody mediated = production of antibodies by B lymphocytes _______ cells
plasma cells
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Cell mediated = production of activated _________ (cytotoxic and helper) which directly attack unwanted cells
T lymphocytes
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What type of cell recongise and destroy bad self cells
T cells
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What type of cells recongise extra cellular antigens
B cells
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B cells recongise the antigen to produce antibodies that can specifically bind to that _____, T cell also has to recongise the antigen to produce Tc and Th cells
antigen
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______ immunity can either be active or passive
Specific
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_____ immunity arises from either a natural immune response following an infection (chicken pox) or an artificial immune response following vaccination
Active
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_______ immune is mediate by the transfer of antibodies and is normally short lived
Passive
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Vaccination stimulates ______ immunity against a pathogen
adaptive