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Causes of cell injury (7)

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1.Oxygen deprivation
2.physical agents
3. Chemical/drugs
4.genetic
5.nutritional imbalances
6.infectious agents
7.immunologic

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Give an example of hypoxia causing cell injury?

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Acute Occlusion of blood vessels - ischemia leading to cell injury

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Give an example of physical agents causing cell injury?

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Trauma (mechanical), temperature (burns), sudden atmospheric pressure changes, electives shock

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Give an example of immunologic agents that cause cell injury?

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Viruses
Tapeworms
Parasites
Fungi

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What time frame would ischemic changes be seen in light microscopy?

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4-12 hrs after onset of ischemia

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Is swelling of cell reversible?

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Yes if happens in minutes

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When does cell swelling become irreversible? (Timeframe)

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1-2 hrs

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In what order can you see changes in cells (chemical—>macro)

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Minutes to hours:
1.biochemical
2.Ultrastructural

Hours to days:
3.Light micro
4.gross morphologic changes

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What are features of necrosis:
1.cell size (swelling)
2.nucleus
3.plasma membrane
4.cellular contents
5.adjacent inflammation
6.physiologic/pathologic?

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1.enlarged
2.karyorrhexis/pyknosis/karyolysis
3.disrupted
4.enzymatic digestion/leak out of cell
5.frequent
6.pathologic

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What are features of apoptosis:

1.cell size (swelling)
2.nucleus
3.plasma membrane
4.cellular contents
5.adjacent inflammation
6.physiologic/pathologic?

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1.reduced/shrink
2.fragmentation into nucleosome-size fragments
3.intact however altered structure
4.intact-may be released into apoptotic bodies
5.none
6.physiologic mainly, can be pathologic after cell injury (eg DNA damage)

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Why do cells swell when injured?

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Influx of water due to failure of ATP dependent Na-K channel (due to failure of mitochondrial oxyfative phosphorylation)

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What effect does cell death have on tissues? (Colour, weight, turgor)

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Pale
Heavier
Increased turgor

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What are the early changes in cells in injury? (Reversible and irreversible)

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1.swelling of cell and organelles
2.blebbing of plasma membrane
3.detachement of ribosomes from ER
4. Chromatin clumping

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What are vacuoles?

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Pinched off segments of ER

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What colour does eosinophils take when dyed with H&E dye during cell death?

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Red

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Why no blue dye seen with H&E during cell death?

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RNA binds haematoxylin blue - RNA is lost in cell death

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What are ‘myelin figures’?

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Phospholipid aggregates from destroyed lipid membranes - seen in cell injury

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What are the ultrastructural changes that can be seen in cell injury (5)

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1.plasma membrane alterations eg blebbing, blunting, loss of microvilli
2.mitochondrial changes: swelling and appearance of small densities
3.myelin figures
4.Dilatation of ER
5.nuclear alterations

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What are the characteristics of necrosis (4)

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1.denaturation proteins
2.leakage contents through damaged cell membrane
3.enzymatic digestion
4.local inflammation

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Necrosis: what are the possible patterns of nuclear change? 3

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  1. Karyolysis: basophilia within chromatin fading
  2. Pyknosis: nuclear shrinkage, increased basophilia
    3.karyorrhexis: pyknotic nuclear fragmentation (happens after pyknosis)
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What are the characteristics of irreversible injury? 2

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  1. Mitochondrial dysfunction
  2. Cell membrane dysfunction
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What are the characteristics of mitochondrial dysfunction in irreversible cell injury?

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1.Loss of oxidative phosphorylation
2. Loss of ATP generation

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Example of Liquefactive necrosis?

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Bacterial/fungal infection into tissues

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What is Liquefactive Necrosis?

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Cell death and gets digested to form a liquid (accumulation of leukocytes)

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What is coagulative necrosis?
1.Secondary Occlusion of blood supply 2. Cell death with preserved architecture
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What are the characteristics of coagulative necrosis?
1. Preserved architecture 2.high eosinophils (red nuclei) 3.firm texture
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What is an infarct?
Localised area of coagulative necrosis
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What are the macro characteristics of Casseous necrosis?
1.cheeselike appearance (white, friable) 2. Structure less 3.granular debris within inflammatory border
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Wet gangrene is (type of necrosis)
Liquefactive necrosis
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Infarct to brain is (type of necrosis)
Liquefactive (unknown reason)
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What is fat necrosis?
Focal areas of fat destruction (eg pancreatitis, leakage of lipases from acinar cells into abdominal cavity)
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Macroscopic appearance of fat necrosis?
Chalky white appearance (fatty acids + calcium deposits) eg fat saponification
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What is fibrinoid necrosis?
Vascular damage: immune reaction within blood vessels (antigen/antibody vs vessel wall)
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What is the appearance of fibrinoid necrosis in H&E stains?
Bright pink (protein complexes/antibodies leak out from cells)
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What are apoptotic bodies?
Plasma-membrane walled nuclear fragments (has fragments of nucleus and cytoplasm)
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What are the 2 pathways for apoptosis?
1. Intrinsic (mitochondrial) pathway 2.Extrinsic (death receptor) pathway
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Apoptosis: _______ initiates enzymatic segregation of proteins and DNA in a cell
Caspases
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What are the triggers of apoptosis?
1. DNA damage 2.loss of survival signals 3. Misfolded proteins (ER stress)
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What is the role of BCL2 family in apoptosis?
Inhibits apoptosis
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Viral infections eg HIV are a type of (cell death)
Apoptosis
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What is the morphology of cells undergoing apoptosis?
1. Cell shrinkage 2.chromatin condensation (characteristic) 3. Formation of cytoplasmic blebs/apoptotic bodies 4.phagocytosis of apoptotic cells (by macrophages)
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Apoptosis: What protein is released in the mitochondrial pathway?
Cytochrome C
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Apoptosis: the release of cytochrome C is dependent on ----- integrity
Mitochondrial wall
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How does BCL2 do it's anti apoptotic function?
Located outside mitochondrial membrane: makes membrane impermeable to prevent leakage of cytochrome c
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Apoptosis: what are the pro-apoptotic signals in the mitochondrial pathway?
BAX/BAK
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Intrinsic mitochondrial pathway: what is the role of BAD/BIM/Puma/Noxa?
Regulated pro apoptotic initiators: have the ability to activate BAX/BAK to increase mitochondrial permeability
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How does cytochrome C cause apoptosis?
Binds to APAF1 -->forms an apoptosome-->bind to caspase9-->activate more caspases
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Apoptosis: IAP inhibition causes____
Initiation of caspase cascade
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Apoptosis: IAP stands for ____
Inhibitors of Apoptosis
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What is the role of IAP in apoptosis?
To prevent inappropriate activation of caspase
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Death receptors are members of ____ family
TNF
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Example of death receptors?
Type 1 TNFR Fas (CD95)
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The extrinsic (death receptor) pathway activates which caspases?
Caspase 8 and 10
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What is efferocytosis?
Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells
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Necroapoptosis is triggered by ligation of ____ and ____ viruses
TNFR1 DNA/RNA viruses
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Necroapoptosis depends on _____ complex.
RIPK1/RIPK3
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Necroapoptosis: RIPK signalling leads to _____ (process) which then forms _____in plasma membrane
Phosphorylation on MLKL Pores
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Pyroapoptosis: involves activation of _____ which then cleaves ____into active form.
Caspase1 IL1
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What is Ferroapoptosis?
Excessive iron or ROS overwhelm glutathione dependent antioxidant defenses--->lipid peroxidation
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Formation of mammalian growth plate is an example of (cell death)
Necroapoptosis
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Examples of necroapoptosis?
1.mammalian growth plate 2.acute pancreatitis 3.ischemia-reperfusion injury 4. Parkinson's disease 5.CML infections
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What is autophagy?
Cell eats own contents
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Steps of autophagy?
1.nucleation and formation of isolation membrane (phagophore) 2. Formation of a vesicle (autophagosome) 3.maturation and fusion with lysosomes
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____ (marker) is increased during autophagy.
PE-lipidated LC3
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Examples of autophagy?
1. Alzheimer's 2.Crohns 3.HSV-1 4.some cancers
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Diseases caused by misfolding proteins?
1.Alzheimers (AB protein) 2. Cystic fibrosis (CFTR - transmembrane regulator) 3.Alpha1 antitripsyn deficiency
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High intracellular (Ion) causes cell injury
Calcium
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Endonucleases (role)
Fragment DNA and chromatin
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Phospholipase (role)
Damage cell plasma membrane
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Intracellular Ca is sequestered in ____ and ____
ER and mitochondria
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DNA damage activates apoptosis by ____ pathway
P53 dependent
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Why does ischemia cause faster cell damage than hypoxia?
1.unable to supply substrates through blood for anaerobic glycolysis 2. Unable to clear out metabolites, stops glycolysis
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What transcription factor is released in hypoxia induced stress?
HIF-1 (Hypoxia Inducible Factor)
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What are the 3 ways ischemia causes cell death?
Reduction in ATP leads to: 1. Failure of Na+ pump>influx of Ca+, H2O, Na+, Efflux K+>ER, cell swelling 2.increased anaerobic glycolysis>decreased glycogen, PH and increased lactic acid>clumping chromatin 3.detachment ribosomes>decreased protein synthesis
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Ischemia-reperfusion: What is the mechanism of which oxidative stress causes injury?
1.Damaged cells>Incomplete reduction in O2 in leukocytes >free radicals and Nitrogen 2.complement system: IgM deposits during ischemia, complement binds when reperfusion happens 3.influx calcium from blood
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How do chemicals/toxins cause cell injury? 2
1. Direct: mercury poisoning vs liver 2.indirect: formation of toxic metabolites: eg cytochrome P450 conversion of CCL4 to CCL3 (dry cleaning)
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Example of physiologic hypertrophy?
Estrogen enlarging uterus during pregnancy
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What are the triggers that activate transcription factors in cardiac hypertrophy? 3
1. Mechanical stretch 2. Agonists (eg angiotensin, Alpha adrenergic hormones) 3. Growth factors (IGF-1)
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Cardiac hypertrophy: what are the transcription factors? 3
GATA4, NFAT, MEF2
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Cardiac hypertrophy: How do transcription factors increase hypertrophy?
1. Synthesis of contractile proteins 2.induction of fetal genes eg ANF, cardiac alpha actin (decrease workload, increase contractility) 3.prosuce more growth factors
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Atrophy: what pathway leads to protein degradation?
Ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
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What can cause atrophy?
1.disuse 2.inadequate nutrition 3.pressure eg mass compressing 4.ischemia 5.loss of endocrine stimulation 6.loss of innervation 7.decreased workload
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What is a common example of metaplasia in epithelium?
Columnar to squamous eg respiratory tract (bronchi, trachea) in smoker
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Barrets oesophagus converts ____ to ____ epithelium.
Squamous to columnar
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Myositis ossificans is a type of ____
Metaplasia (bone formation in muscle)
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Atrophy is associated with increased (cell death type)
Autophagy
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What is a Xanthoma?
Intracellular accumulation of cholesterol within macrophages
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What enzyme is defective in Werner syndrome?
DNA Helicase (unable to repair DNA>cell aging prematurely)
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What are the mechanisms involved in cell aging?
1.DNA damage 2.Cell senescence (stop dividing): telemere shortening 3.defective protein homeostasis
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Telomere shortening is involved in which diseases? 2
1. Aplastic anaemia 2.pulmonary fibrosis
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What molecular structure maintains correct folding of proteins?
Chaperones
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What is the mechanism of which caloric restriction increases longevity? 2
1. ILGF-1 2. Sirtuins
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Lipofuscin
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Lipofuscin granules within cardiac myocytes
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How is melanin formed?
Tyrosine > dihydroxyphenylalanine Catalysed by tyrosinase
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What are psamomma bodies? Where are they seen?
Necrotic tissues with mineral deposits (seen in papillary cancer)
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What are the 4 causes of hypercalcaemia?
1. Increased secretion of PTH 2. Resorption of bone tissue 3. Vitamin D disorders (vit D intoxication) 4.renal failure
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What are examples of exogenous pigments?
Carbon
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What is an example of endogenous pigments?
1.melanin 2.lipofuscin 3.haemosiderin
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Lipofuscin is a breakdown product of ____
Lipid peroxidation
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Which part of renal tubules absorb protein?
Proximal tubule (via pinocytosis)
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What are Russell bodies?
Eosinophilic inclusions from Distended ER from accumulation of protein
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Keratin filaments are found (cell type)
Epithelial cells
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Neuro filaments are found in (cell)
Neurons
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Desmin filaments are found in (cell)
Muscle cells
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Vimentin filaments are found in (cell)
Connective tissue
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Glial filaments are found in (cell)
Astrocytes
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What are the steps of the inflammatory reaction? 5
1.recognition 2.recruitment 3.removal 4.regulation 5.repair
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Inflammatory Rx: what cells involved in Acute Respiratory Distress syndrome (ARDS)?
Neutrophils
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Which filament collects in damaged hepatocytes?
Intermediate filaments (Mallory Hyaline)
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What are the BH1-4 proteins?
Inhibitors of apoptosis BCL-2, BCL-XL, MCL-1
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How do free radicals cause cell injury?
Destroy phospholipid in cell membrane
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What is the peptide that macrophages have that kill microbes?
Cathelicidin - vitamin D dependent
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What chemical mediates migration of leukocytes to site of injury?
Chemokines
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What substance activates macrophages and monocytes?
IFN Y
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How are abscesses formed?
Neutrophils release lysosomes
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Recurrent infections in chronic granulomatous disease is caused by
Defect in neutrophil oxygen dependent killing of bacteria
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What does C3b do?
Facilitates phagocytosis
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Which molecule is responsible for rolling of neutrophils on endothelium?
Selectins
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What is the role of C5a in immunity?
Chemotactic: neutrophil activation
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Which chemokines (2) can increase vascular permeability by histamine release from mast cells?
C3a and C5a
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Serous vs fibrinous inflammation
Both involve mesothelial surfaces eg pericardium Serous : protein poor fluid Fibrinous: protein rich (precipitation of fibrin)
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Psamomma body
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Russell body

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