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What is susceptibility?

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Able to be productively infected

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What is resistance?

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Unable to allow a productive infection

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What is immunity?

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An active process that prevents establishment or progression of infection

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What are direct types of immunity?

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Innate, adaptive and 3rd line of defense

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What is innate immunity?

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Defenses against any pathogen, present at birth

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What are examples of the first line of defense?

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physical factors
chemical factors
normal microbiota

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What is the second line of defense?

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non-specific physiologic processes

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What is adaptive immunity?

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Specific resistance to a specific pathogen, develops over time

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What is the 3rd line of defense?

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Specialized lymphocytes T cells and B cells

Antibodies

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What are physical factors for first line of defense?

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skin, mucus, ciliary escalator, epiglottis, saliva, urine, vaginal secretions

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What does skin do?

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forms physical barrier to entrance of microbes

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What is the epidermis?

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consists of tightly packed cells with a thick layer of keratin-containing dead cells
dryness inhibits microbes
water-tightness blocks microbes
shedding removes microbe

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What is the dermis?

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inner layer, connective tissue

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What is the mucus membrane?

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are an epithelial layer lining the respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, visual, and auditory systems. They inhibits the entry of many microbes, but not as effective as intact skin

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What is mucus?

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traps microbes in respiratory and GI tracts. It is secreted by, covers, and protects cells of the mucus membrane

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What is the ciliary escalator?

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Cilia is the surface projection on cells of the respiratory tract that move mucus and trapped microbes

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What is the lacrimal apparatus?

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Tears flow from lacrimal glands under eyelid to lacrimal canal

washing and dilution by tears keeps microbes from settling on eye surface

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What is sebum?

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the oily secretion of the sebaceous glands that are embedded in the skin.
Sebum is a complex mixture of lipids (many fatty acids and triglycerides) that have anti-microbial activity

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What does a pH of 6 or lower inhibit?

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Bacteria and fungi! 
Gastric juice ph: 1.2-3.0 
Vaginal secretions ph: 3-5 
Skin pH: 3-5 
Saliva and urine contain urea which is bacteriostatic
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What is a lysozyme?

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Lysozyme is a small enzyme that attacks the peptidoglycan chains in the cell walls of bacteria, causing the cells to burst
*Flemming discovered lysozyme as antibiotic

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What microorganism is responsible for peptic ulcers?

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H.pylori

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What does the second line of defense consist of?

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hematopoietic cells, particularly phagocytic cells
inflammation
fever
more antimicrobial substances

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What are hematopoietic cells and what is their role in the body?

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  • RBC carry O2 and Co2
  • WBC function in immunity and injury
  • Travel by circulation
  • Move in and out of intestinal space
  • Develop from stem cell
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Increase in white cell count leads to what?

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Leukocytosis

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Decrease in white cell count is what?
Leukopenia
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What is the circulation of the lymphatic system?
blood plasma —> interstitial fluid —> lymph —> blood plasma
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Lymph ultimately flows where?
Toward the heart
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What are the components of the lymph system?
Lymphoid tissues, nodes and organs
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What are neutrophils?
live only a short time | predominate early in infections
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What are macrophages?
last up to several months | predominate later in infections
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What is phagocytosis?
Ingestion of microbes | or particles by a cell, performed by phagocytes
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What are the phases of phagocytosis?
1. chemotaxis and adherence of pseudopod 2. ingestion of target 3. formation of phagocytic vesicle or phagosome 4. fusion with a lysosome, forming phagolysosome 5. digestion of target by digestive enzymes 6. formation of residual body 7. discharge of indigestible material
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What are toll like receptors?
- TLRs are protein molecules on cell surfaces throughout the body - TLRs are how macrophage pseudopods adhere to bacteria - TLRs are “pattern recognition receptors,” that is, they recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns, specific signatures in molecules in the extracellular space - TLRs that recognize bacterially-produced molecules (such as LPS, peptidoglycan, flagellin, dsRNA), and signal the immune system via cytokines (like TNF-alpha) that bacteria are present
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How do some microbes evade phagocytosis?
``` -Inhibit adherence, m proteins and capsules Example: S. pyognes -Kills phagocytes, leukocidins Ex: S. aureus -Lyse phagocytes, membrane attack complex Ex: L. monocytogens -Escape phagosome Ex: Shigella -Prevent phagosome lysosome fusion Ex: HIV -Survive in pahgolysosome EX: Coxiella burnetti ```
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What is the purpose of inflammation?
to destroy and remove the injurious agent limit the agent’s effects by walling it off to repair the damage
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What is inflammation?
confines and destroys microbes and initiates tissue repair
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Signs and symptoms of inflammation include:
``` Redness Swelling (edema) Pain Heat (Loss of function) ```
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What is the process of inflammation?
- cells damaged by infection release histamine, prostoglandins, and other signaling molecules - blood clot and abscess form - vasodilation, increased vessel permeability - phagocytes (monocytes, neutrophils) migrate - margination: phagocytes stick to endothelium, the blood vessel cells - diapedesis: phagocytes squeeze between endothelial cells - phagocytosis - tissue repair, epidermis and dermis regenerate
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What signaling molecules are released by cell damage?
-Histamine, kinins, prostaglandins, leukotrienes
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Vasodilation...
triggered by signaling molecules results in the redness and heat we association with inflammation.
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What is acute inflammation?
lasts relatively short time
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What is chronic inflammation?
lasts years accumulation of activated macrophages induces fibroblasts, which synthesize collagen fibers, resulting in fibrosis or scarring
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What is the function of fever?
Intensifies he effects of interferons, inhibits growth of some microbes and speeds up some body reactions that aid in repair
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What is fever and its mechanism of action?
Abnormally high body temperature Hypothalamus normally set at 37°C Gram-negative endotoxin cause phagocytes to release interleukin–1 (IL–1) Hypothalamus releases prostaglandins that reset the hypothalamus to a high temperature Body increases rate of metabolism and shivering which raise temperature Vasodilation and sweating: Body temperature falls (crisis)
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What are the advantages of fever?
- Increases transferrins - Increases IL–1 activity - Produces Interferon
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What are some disadvantages of fever?
Rapid heart beat (tachycardia) Acidosis (low blood pH) Dehydration 44–46°C (111°F) is fatal!
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What are some antimicrobial substances?
Complement system, interferons, iron binding proteins, AMPS
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What is the complement system?
- increases is an enzyme cascade that damages bacterial plasma membranes, increases the ability of antibodies and phagocytic cells to clear microbes and debris, and promotes inflammation * *part of innate immune system but works w adaptive
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Describe the classical pathway of complement activation
- C1 is activated by microbe-antibody complexes - C1 causes C2 to split into C2a + C2b - C1 causes C4 to split into C4a + C4b - C2a* combines with C4b, and together they split C3 - C3a and C3b initiate the complement cascade
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Describe the complement cascade
-C3b binds to microbe and enhances phagocytosis, a process called opsonization (enhances phagocytosis) splits C5 -C5b, C6, C7, C8 and multiple C9 fragments form a membrane attack complex, which punches a hole in the microbe, causing lysis -C3a and C5a bind to mast cells which release histamine and other signaling molecules -C5a is a chemotactic factor, which attracts phagocytes to the infection site
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What are the effects of complement activation?
- Opsonization or immune adherence, which enhances phagocytosis - Formation of membrane attack complex which leads to cytolysis (cell lysis) - Attraction of phagocytes to the infected area
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What is the alternative pathway of complement activation?
- C3 combines with B,D and P factors on microbe surface | - Causes C3 to split into fragments C3a and C3b
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What is the lectin pathway of complement activation?
- lectin binds to invading cell - bound lectin splits c2 and c4 - c2a and c4b combine and activate c3
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What are capsules?
prevent complement activation
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What do some surface lipid carbs do?
prevent membrane attack complex (MAC) formation
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What do some bacterial enzymes digest?
C5a | (C5a peptidase), which inhibits the infiltration of neutrophils and macrophages to the infection site
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What is the role of iron in innate immunity?
- siderophores are secreted bacterial proteins that sequester iron from their environment and allow the microbes to more easily take it up - animal hosts have iron binding proteins, such as transferrins, that transport and store iron
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What are antimicrobial peptides?
``` extremely small proteins: 12-15 amino acids long very diverse; more than 600 known broad spectrum not specific lyse bacterial cells inhibit cell wall synthesis destroy RNA and DNA ```
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What are interferons?
Interferons are cytokines, signaling molecules between cells during an immune response IFN-alpha and IFN-beta: Cause cells to produce antiviral proteins that inhibit viral replication IFN-gamma: Causes neutrophils and macrophages to phagocytize bacteria

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