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Inflammatory Cytokines Actions and Result
- Fat, Muscle

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IL-1/IL-6/TNF-alpha causes protein and energy to mobilize to generate more body heat

  • Decreases bacterial/viral replication
  • Increased antigen processing
  • Facilitates adaptive immune response
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Sepsis Process

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  1. Bacteria enters systemic blood (Bacteremia)
  2. Liver Macrophages (Kupffer Cells) are activated by LPS
  3. Liver Macrophages start to secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines into bloodstream
  4. Causes widespread coagulation and organ failure (Septic Shock)
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Type-I Interferons vs Type-II Interferons

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Type-II Interferons are secreted by effector lymphocytes

Type-I Interferons are secreted by virally infected human cells

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What are the 4 types of Body Defenses against Infection

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  1. Physical Barriers to prevent infection
  2. Innate Immune mechanisms of defense
  3. Adaptive Immune responses
  4. Immunological memory that lessen the impact of subsequent encounters of same pathogens
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Condition which is the main cause of Septic Shock

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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
- Basically widespread intravascular coagulation

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C-Reactive Protein function

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Acute-Phase Protein

  1. Binds phosphorylcholine on bacteria surfaces
  2. Acts as an opsonin (tags the bacteria) and as a complement activator
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Complement Pathway
- Lectin Pathway vs other pathways

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  1. MBL binds foreign surface
  2. MASP1 and MASP2 binds MBL
  3. Generates C1-like complex
  4. C1 cleaves C4 just like in Classical/Alternative Pathway pathway
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What are the different kinds of Epithelium as a barrier?

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Mechanical
- Tight junctions
Chemical
- Enzymes and pH modulations
Microbiological
- Bacterial Commensalism, where bacteria in body competes with foreign bacteria for nutrients

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Gamma:Delta T-Cells Function

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Subpopulation of T-Cells
- Has a nonconventional surface phenotype

More for rapid response to infection (Does not have gene switching so can have a faster response)

γ:δ T-Cells secrete cytokines and develops cytotoxic function

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Function of IL-12

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Local Effects
- Activates NK Cells
- Induces differentiation of CD4 T Cells into T-Helper 1 Cells

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Intracellular Host Defenses
- Cytoplasmic

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  • Cytotoxic T-Cells
  • NK Cells
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Function of IL-6

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Local Effects
- Lymphocyte activation
- Increased Antibody production

Systemic Effects
- Fever
- Induces acute-phase protein production by hepatocytes

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Local vs Systemic Infection

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Local Infection
- Macrophages in tissue are activated and release TNF-alpha
- Release of plasma proteins
- Increased Phagocytosis
- Increased Platelet adhesion to blood vessel wall
–> Infection if contained and antigens are drained/carried to lymph node

Systemic Infection
- Macrophages in liver are activated and release TNF-alpha
- Fluids leak into tissue (systemic edema), less blood volume in central compartment causing collapse of vessels
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) leads to wasting and multiple organ failure (Septic Shock)

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B1 B Cells Function

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Subpopulation of B-Cells
- Has a nonconventional surface phenotype

More for rapid response to infection (Does not have gene switching so can have a faster response)

B1 cells have a general affinity for bacterial polysaccharide antigens

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Inflammatory Cytokines Actions and Result
- Hypothalamus

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IL-1/IL-6/TNF-alpha causes an increase in body temperature

  • Decreases bacterial/viral replication
  • Increased antigen processing
  • Facilitates adaptive immune response
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Where are Mechanical Barriers found

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Epithelial Cells joined by tight junctions
- Skin, Gut, Lung, Eye/Nose

Longitudinal flow of air or fluid
- Skin, Gut

Movement of mucus by cilia
- Lung

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What is immunological memory

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After the primary immune response has cleared the infection a long-term protective immunity is established
- Provokes a faster and stronger secondary immune response when encountering the same infection

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What are Virally-Induced Cytokines

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When human cells are infected by a virus they are then stimulated to produce Type 1 Interferons

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Inflammatory Cytokines Body Heat Mechanism

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Acts on hypothalamus to raise body temperature (IL-1, TNF-alpha) causing fever (pyrogenic)
- Increases metabolism to burn more energy creating heat

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What kind of organisms can evade adaptive immunity

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Highly mutable viruses only present very little of the original antigen
- However, the body will prioritize antigens it has seen before and will constrain any processing for new antigens

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Direct Pathogen Mechanisms of Tissue Damage

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  1. Exotoxin Release
    - Acts at cell surface
  2. Endotoxin Release
    - Released after phagocytic digestion
    - Results in cytokine secretion (Causing pyrogenic leaky vessels)
  3. Direct Cell Killing
    - Results in cell loss
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What are the two types of phagocytes

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Macrophages
- Long Lived
- Tissue Resident
- Secretes Cytokine Mediators

Neutrophils
- Short Lived
- More abundant in numbers
- Recruited by cytokine mediators released at site of infection

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Mannose-Binding Lectin function

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  1. Binds to residues on bacterial surface
  2. Acts as an opsonin (tags the bacteria) and as a complement activator
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What produces Immunological Memory

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  • Clones of long-lived B and T Cells
  • Circulating Antibodies
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Interferon I Response
- Induces resistance to viral replication in all cells - Increases MHC Class I Expression and Antigen presentation in all cells (Cytotoxic Cells) - Activate NK cells to kill virus-infected cells
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Intracellular Host Defenses - Vesicular
- Activated Macrophages
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Inflammatory Cytokines Actions and Result - Liver
IL-1/IL-6/TNF-alpha causes production of acute phase proteins - CRP and MBL - Activates the complement system - Also opsonizes bacteria
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Function of IL-1 Beta
Local Effects - Activates Vascular Endothelium - Activates Lymphocyte - Local Tissue destruction - Increases access of effector cells Systemic Effects - Fever - Production of IL-6
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Neutrophil Recruitment Process
1. Cytokines induce selectin expression on vascular endothelium 2. These selectins hook on to sialyl-Lwisx glycoproteins on neutrophil 3. Induces leukocyte rolling 4. ICAMs on endothelium bind to cellular integrins (LFA-1) on neutrophils 5. Neutrophils migrate to infection through CXC chemokine gradient
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Function of CXCL8
Local Effects - Chemotactic factor that recruits neutrophils, basophils, and T-Cells to site of infection
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Indirect Pathogen Mechanisms of Tissue Damage
1. Antigen:Antibody Immune Complexes - Results in Kidney, Blood Vessel, and Joint damage through inflammation 2. Autoimmune Conditions caused by self-antibodys - Cross specificity of pathogen antigens with self antigens 3. Tissue damage - Inflammatory cells release damaging mediators and debris
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Inflammatory Cytokines Actions and Result - Dendritic Cells
TNF-alpha stimulates migration to lymph nodes and maturation - Initiates the adaptive immune response
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Where are microbiological barriers found
Normal Flora - Skin, Gut
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Fate of Neutrophil
1. Dies by apoptosis 2. Throws out a DNA NETs (Neutrophil Extracellular Traps) 3. These DNA NETs are decorated with cationic proteins that trap and kill pathogens 4. Macrophages clean up dead neutrophils and any debris from phagocytosis 5.Activated macrophage then secretes cytokines producing lots of different systemic/local effects
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Inflammatory Cytokines Activating Liver Production of Acute Phase Proteins Mechanism
1. IL-1 increases production of IL-6 2. IL-6 activates hepatocytes causing production of acute-phase proteins - C-reactive protein (CRP) - Mannose Binding Lectin (MBL)
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Function of TNF-Alpha
Local Effect 1. Increases vascular permeability 2. Increased entry of IgG, Complement, and Cells to tissues 3. Increased drainage of fluid to lymph nodes Systemic Effects - Fever - Mobilization of metabolites - Shock
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What are the two kinds of Chemokinds
CC Chemokines - Produced by leukocytes - Recruits monocytic cells like NK and T-Cells CXC Chemokines - Produced by a wide variety of cells - Recruits primarily Neutrophils
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Extracellular Host Defenses - Epithelial Spaces
- IgA antibodies - Cells secreting antimicrobial peptides
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Immunological memory process
1. Naive B and T cells are activated by an infecting pathogen 2. Most activated cells become short-lived effector cells 3. Some activated cells become long-lived memory cells
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Neutrophil Effector Functions
Binds to microbes and induces phagocytosis and microbial killing Myeloperoxidase - Uses Respiratory Burst where NADPH oxidase reduce O2 to Oxygen Free Radical and then H2O2 - Myeloperoxidase combines H2O2 with Cl- to produce hypochlorite/hypohalite Phagosomes - Phagosome fuses with neutrophil granules and lysosomes packed with enzymes and peptides that help disrupt microbes
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What cells have IFN Type 1 Receptors
All cells
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Induction of Last Pathway of Complement Process
1. Bacteria binds to Macrophage's receptors 2. Macrophage secretes IL-1 beta cytokine 3. IL-1 produces IL-6 4. IL-6 induces the liver to produce acute-phase proteins 5. Acute-phase proteins induce the last pathway of complement
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What is Original Antigenic Sin
When the body first encounters a viral antigen for the first time it will focus on any antigens it has seen before and constrain any new processing of unknown antigens - Will ignore all other antigens and only make antibodies for the original antigen Antigens you first see will constrain your ability for highly mutable viruses later
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Where are Chemical Barriers found
Fatty Acids - Skin Low pH - Gut Enzymes (Pepsin) - Gut Antibacterial Peptides (Defensins) - Skin, Gut, Lungs Salivary Enzymes (Lysozymes) - Eye/Nose
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What happens when a macrophage receptor is activated
Triggers cytokine production Triggers further leukocyte recruitment
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Type I Interferon Function
Two types - Interferon-alpha - Interferon-beta - Interferes with viral replication - Sends signals to IFN Type 1 Receptors on adjacent cells to prepare their defenses (Both autocrine and paracrine)
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What kinds of Cytokines are secreted by Macrophages
IL-1 Beta TNF-Alpha IL-6 CXCL8 IL-12
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Inflammatory Cytokines Actions and Result - Bone-Marrow Endothelium
IL-1/IL-6/TNF-alpha causes Neutrophil mobilization - Neutrophils then phagocytosis bacteria
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When will the immune system make antibodies for new epitopes
When any of the original epitopes are present - Minimal response to new epitopes When all of the original epitopes are present - Primary response to new epitopes
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Time it takes for each defense mechanism in viral infection
1st: Production of IFN-Alpha, IFN-Beta, TNF-alpha, and IL-12 2nd: NK Cells kill infected cells 3rd: T-Cell kill infected cells - Has the longest lag phase
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B1 Cell Process
1. B1 B Cell binds to bacteria cell wall (polysaccharide) 2. B1 Cell is then activated by IL-5 3. B1 Cell then secretes IgM anti-polysaccharide antibody 4.IgM then binds to polysaccharide capsule 5. Activation of complement and removal of bacteria
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Extracellular Host Defenses - Interstitial spaces, Blood, Lymph
- Antibodies (IgG) - Complements - Phagocytosis

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