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What about the structure of skin contributes to skin as an immunological system?

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Keratin layer (stratum corneum)

Stratification

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What about the cell types of skin contributes to skin as an immunological system?

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Immune system cells

Keratinocytes

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Which chemical signals/molecu;es influence cell beahaviour in the skin and help target pathogens?

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Cytokines

Chemokines

Eicosanoids

Antimicrobial Peptides

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What is the stratum corneum?

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The keratin layer of the skin

tough, lipid rich, physical barrier
(formed by the terminal differentiation of keratinocytes to corneoctes)

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Which important structural portiens are found in the kerait layer and epidermis of the skin?

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Filaggrin, Involucrin, keratin

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What are AMPs?

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Antimicrobial Peptides

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What do Keratinocytes (KCs) produce that can directly kill pathogens?

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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)

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What type of peptides have been found in high levels in skin of patients with psoriasis?

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AMPs

antimicrobial peptides

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What can keratinocytes be activated by?

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UV (sunlight)

Sensitizers (e.g. allergic contact dermatitis)

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What do keratinocytes (KCs) produces that recruit and regulate cells of the adaptive and innate immune system?
(e.g. in psoriasis)

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Cytokines and chemokines

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What do the cytokines and chemokines produced by the keratinocytes do?

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Recruit and regulate cells of the adaptive and innate immune system (e.g. in psoriasis)

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What type of cells are Langerhans cells foudn in the epidermis?

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A type of dendritic cell
(interspersed with keratinocytes in the epidermis)

Main skin resident immune cell

Antigen presenting cells (APC), characterised by the Birbeck granule

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What do Langerhans cells do in the epidermis?

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They act as guarda in the epidermis

They process lipid Ag and microbial fragments and present to effector T cells

They help to activate T cells

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What main type of T cells are found in the epidermis?

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Mainly CD8+ T cells are found in the epidermis

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What type of T cells are found in the dermis?

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CD4 + and CD8+ T cells are found in the dermis

Other subsets of T cells (eg. Natural Killer (NK) cells) are also found

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Which CD4+ TH cells are associated with psoriasis? (2)

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TH1

TH17

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Which CD4+ TH cells are associated with atopic dermatitis? (2)

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TH2

TH17

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Where are T cells produced?

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In Bone Marrow

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Where are T cells sesitised?

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Thymus

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What happens (T cells) in bone marrow.

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T cells are produced in bone marrow

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What happens to T cells in the thymus?

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T cells are sensitised in thymus

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What cells are the basis of cell-mediateed immunity?

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Helper T cells= CD__ cells

TH

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Cytoxic T cells = CD__ cells

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The T helper cells assist other cells of the ______ system to carry our their roles buy the realease of chemical mediators including substances such as _________ and _________.
The T helper cells assist other cells of the immune system to carry our their roles buy the realease of chemical mediators including substances such as interferons and interleukins.
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What are the roles of the cytotoxic T cells (CD8+)?
Can kill infected cells directly Important protection against viruses and cancer
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What is the role of TH1 cells?
Activate macrophages to destroy microorganisms | IL2, IFNgamma
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What is the role of Th2 cells?
Hep B cells to make Antibodies | IL4, IL5, IL6
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What do Dermal Dendritic Cells, found in the dermis do?
Involved in Antigen presenting and secreting cytokines/chemokines
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What do plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells (pDC) produce?
IFNα (Found in diseased skin)
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What do dendritic cells do in the dermis in terms of sntigen presentation?
Transmit information to T (&B) cells
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What type of immune response are mast cells effecotrs of?
IgE-mediated immune response (allergy)
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What is a MHC?
Major Histocombatibility Complex
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What are the two forms of MHC?
Class I Found on almost all cells Present Antigen cytotoxic T cells Class II Found on Anitgen presenting Cells (B cells, macrophages) Presnt exogenous Ag
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What is the MHC involved in?
Immunological recognition and trnsplant rejection Control the immune response through recognition of "self" and "non-self"
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What are pDC?
plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells
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In psoriasis, what happens when KC under stress?
release factors that stimulate pDC to produce IFNα release IL-1β/IL-6 and TNF
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In psoriasis, what happens when chemical signals activate DC?
DCs migrate to skin draining lymph node to present to and activate T cells (TH1 and Th17)
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In psoriasis, T cells are attracted to the dermis by ______ and secrete ______. Stimulates: (3)
In psoriasis, T cells are attracted to the dermis by chemokines and secrete IL-17A/17F/22 Simulates KC proliferation, AMP release and nuetrophil-attracting chemokines..
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Mutations in which gene are assoiate with sever/onset atopic eczema?
Filagrin gene
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AMP is increased/decreased in skin of person with stopic eczema.
AMP is decreased in skin of person with stopic eczema.
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Type II and type III hypersensitivity are mediated by which antibodies?
IgG and IgM
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Type IV hypersensitivity is mediated by which cells?
TH1 cells
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In type IV hypersensitivity, when does reaction peak?
24-48 hours after contact with allergen
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What are the non-immune cells in the epidermis?
Keratinocytes
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What are the immune cells in the epidermis?
Langerhans Cells T cells (especially CD8+)
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What layer of the skin are melanocytes found in?
Epidermis
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What are the immune cells in the dermis?
Dendritic cells Macrophages T Cells (CD4+ & CD8+) Natural Killer Cells
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What cells (other than the immune cells) are found in the dermis?
Fibroblasts Lymph/vasculature (transport/access)

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