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hypertrophy

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increase cell size

gene activation, protein synth, organelle production

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hyperplasia

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increase cell #

stimulate stem cells

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permanent tissues

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cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, nerve, blood

only undergo hypertrophy (cardiac myocytes hypertrophy in response to HTN)

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pathologic hyperplasia

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progress to dysplasia and eventually cancer

*except benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) - pathologic but not cancerous

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atrophy

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decrease stress - decrease cell size and #;
decrease # via apoptosis;
decrease size via ubiquitin-proteosome degradation and autophagy

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ubiquitin

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tags intermediate filaments of cytoskeleton for degradation by proteosomes

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autophagy

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autophagic vacuoles combine with lysosomes, enzymes break down cell components

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metaplasia

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change in stress leads to change in cell type better able to handle new stress;
usually of the surface epithelium;
reprogramming of stem cells;
reversible if stress removed

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Barrett esophagus

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change from squamous to columnar epithelium to handle acid reflux (metaplasia)

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persistent metaplasia

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progress to dysplasia and cancer

*except apocrine metaplasia of breast

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Vitamin A deficiency

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leads to metaplasia;

Vit. A needed for cell differentiation of specialized epithelial cells

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keratomalacia

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Vit. A deficiency (metaplasia);
change from goblet/columnar cells of conjunctiva to keratinized squamous cells;
causes dry eyes, cornea destruction, blindness

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myositis ossificans

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metaplasia of connective tissue (muscle changes to bone following trauma)

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dysplasia

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disordered cell growth;
usually after prolonged hyperplasia or metaplasia;
reversible with removal of stress;
progress to carcinoma (irreversible)

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cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)

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dysplasia and precursor to cervical cancer

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aplasia

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failed cell production during embryogenesis;

unilateral renal agenesis

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hypoplasia

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decreased cell production during embryogenesis;

streak ovary in Turner syndrome

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cell injury

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stress exceeds cell’s ability to adapt;

depends on type of stress, severity, and type of affected cell;

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common causes of cell injury

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inflammation;
nutritional deficiency or excess;
hypoxia;
trauma;
gene mutations
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hypoxia

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low oxygen delivery to tissue;
oxygen is final electron acceptor in oxidative phosphorylation;
leads to decreased ATP;
lack of ATP causes cell injury

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causes of hypoxia

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ischemia;
hypoxemia;
decreased carrying capacity

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ischemia

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decreased blood flow through organ;
decreased arterial perfusion (atherosclerosis);
decreased venous drainage ( Budd-Chiari syndrome)
shock (generalized hypotension)

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hypoxemia

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low partial pressure of oxygen in blood (PaO2 < 60mmHg, SaO2 < 90%)

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causes of hypoxemia

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high altitude - decreased PAO2;
hypoventilation - increased PACO2, decreased PAO2 (COPD);
diffusion defect - thicker diffusion barrier prevents O2 to pass into blood (interstitial pulmonary fibrosis);
V/Q mismatch - blood bypasses oxygenated lungs (right-to-left shunt: cyanotic) or ventilation problem (atelectasis)

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decreased O2 carrying capacity
hemoglobin loss or dysfunction
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causes of decreased O2 carrying capacity
anemia - PaO2, SaO2 normal CO poisoning - PaO2 normal, SaO2 decreased methemoglobinemia - PaO2 normal, SaO2 decreased
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CO poisoning
causes decreased O2 carrying capacity; classic finding is cherry-red skin; early sign is headache
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methemoglobinemia
causes decreased O2 carrying capacity; iron oxidized to Fe3+, unable to bind O2; oxidant stress (sulfa and nitrate drugs) or in newborns; cyanosis with chocolate colored blood; tx with IV methylene blue (reduces Fe3+ to Fe2+)
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low ATP effects on cell
disrupt sodium/potassium pump - sodium and water build up in cell; disrupt calcium pump - calcium buildup in cytosol; switch to anaerobic glycolysis - lactic acid buildup, low pH denatures proteins/precipitates DNA
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reversible cell injury
cellular swelling - causes loss of microvilli, membrane blebbing; RER swelling - ribosome dissociation, decreased protein synth
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irreversible cell injury
membrane damage: plasma membrane - enzymes leak into serum (cardiac troponins), calcium buildup in cell; mitochondrial membrane - loss of ETC (inner membrane), cytochrome c leak activates apoptosis; lysosome membrane - hydrolytic enzymes activated by high calcium
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cell death
loss of nucleus via condensation (pyknosis), fragmentation (karyorrhexis), and dissolution (karyolysis); necrosis and apoptosis
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necrosis
large groups of cell death followed by acute inflammation; | pathological process, never physiologic
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coagulative necrosis
necrotic tissues remain firm, shape and structure preserved; ischemic infarction in all organs except brain; often wedge-shaped and pale; red infarction if blood reenters tissue
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liquefactive necrosis
enzymatic lysis of cells and proteins causes liquefaction; brain infarction - proteolytic enzymes of microglial cells abcess - proteolytic enzymes of neutrophils pancreatitis - proteolytic enzymes of pancreas
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gangrenous necrosis
coagulative necrosis resembles mummified tissues; ischemia of lower limb or GI tract; superimposed infection leads to liquefactive necrosis (wet gangrene)
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caseous necrosis
soft and friable necrosis (cheese-like); combination of coagulative and liquefactive necrosis; granulomatous inflammation of tuberculosis or fungal infections
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fat necrosis
adipose tissue with chalky white appearance due to calcium deposits; giant cells, fat, and calcium histologically; trauma to fat (breast) and pancreatitis to peripancreatic fat; fat + calcium = saponification
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dystrophic calcification
calcium deposits on dead tissue; | normal serum calcium and phosphate levels
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metastatic calcification
calcium deposits in normal tissue; high serum calcium and phosphate levels; not always from cancer
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fibrinoid necrosis
necrosis of blood vessel walls; proteins (fibrin) leak causing pink histological staining; malignant hypertension and vasculitis
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apoptosis
ATP dependent cell death of single cells; not followed by inflammation; mediated by caspaces - activate proteases (cytoskeleton) and endonucleases (DNA)
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caspace activation pathways
intrinsic mitochondrial - inactivation of Bcl2 (mitoch. membrane stabilizer) causes cytochrome c leakage; extrinsic receptor-ligand - FAS ligand binding FAS (CD95) or TNF binding TNF receptor; CD8+ T cell mediated - perforins from CD8+ T cells create pores, allowing granzymes to enter cells
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physiologic free radicals
oxidative phosphorylation - cytochrome c oxidase transfers electrons to oxygen, yields superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and hydroxyl radical
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pathologic free radicals
ionizing radiation - water to hydroxyl radical (most damaging); inflammation - NADPH oxidase makes superoxide from killing neutrophils; metals (copper, iron) - Fe2+ makes hydroxyl (Fenton rxn); drugs/chemicals - P450 system in liver metabolizes drugs, making free radicals
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how do free radicals cause damage?
peroxidation of lipids; | oxidation of DNA and proteins
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free radical elimination
antioxidants; metal carrier proteins (transferrin); enzymes: superoxide dismutase (mitochondria) - superoxide to peroxide glutathione peroxidase (mitochondria) - free radicals to water catalase (peroxisomes) - peroxide to O2 and water
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carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)
P450 (liver) converts to CCl3; RER swelling, ribosome dissociation, decreased protein synth; decreased apolipoproteins - fatty change in liver
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reperfusion injury
blood return to ischemic tissues causes O2 derived free radicals leading to more damage; rise in cardiac enzymes (troponin) after reperfusion of infarcted myocardial tissue
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amyloidosis
misfolded protein deposits either systemically or locally; many proteins can deposit as amyloid; beta-pleated sheet configuration, congo red staining, green birefringence under polarized light
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systemic amyloidosis
either primary or secondary; almost any tissue can be involved; kidney most commonly involved (nephrotic syndrome); restrictive cardiomyopathy or arrhythmia; tongue enlargement, malabsorption, hepatosplenomegaly; biopsy required to diagnose; organ transplant, amyloid cannot be removed
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primary amyloidosis
systemic deposits of AL amyloid, derived from immunoglobin light chain
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secondary amyloidosis
systemic deposits of AA amyloid, derived from serum amyloid-associated protien (SAA); acute reactant that increases in chronic inflammatory states, malignancy, and Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF); FMF - dysfuntion of neutrophils, episodes of fever and acute serosal inflammation (mimics appendicitis, arthritis, or MI)
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localized amyloidosis
localized to single organ
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senile cardiac amyloidosis
non-mutated serum transthyretin in heart; | usually asymptomatic
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familial amyloid cardiomyopathy
mutated serum transthyretin in heart cause restrictive cardiomyopathy
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amyloidosis with type II DM
amylin from insulin deposits on islets of pancreas
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amyloidosis with Alzheimer disease
A-beta amyloid in brain causes amyloid plaques; | gene on chromosome 21 - most trisomy 21 have early onset Alzheimer disease
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amyloidosis with dialysis
beta2-microglobulin deposits in joints
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amyloidosis with medullary thyroid carcinoma
calcitonin deposits in tumor - tumor cells in amyloid background

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