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What are the two major parts of adaptive immunity?

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  1. Cellular arm: production of CTLs (cytotoxic T lymphocytes)
  2. Humoral arm: production of B cells
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Is the adaptive immune response specific or non-specific?

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Specific

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Does the adaptive immune response develop an immunological memory?

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Yes

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What do T-cells recognize?

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Recognize antigens 8-20 amino acids long

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What proteins present peptide antigens for T-cells to recognize?

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Major Histocompatibility Complex Locus (MHC or HLA)

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What is the advantage of having a ‘variety’ of MHC/HLA molecules in a population? What is the disadvantage of having a limited variety of HLA molecules in a population?

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MHC polymorphism extends the range of antigens to which the immune system can respond. The more variety the better your immune system can respond

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What are the two kinds of MHC?

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MHC I and MHC II

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What are the components of MHC I?

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  1. Heavy Chain - alpha 1, 2, 3

2. Light Chain - beta 2

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What are the components of the MHC II?

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Heterodimer with alpha and beta sides

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Anchor residues

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The certain residues within the peptide interact with the MHC molecule

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Class I MHC molecules are found in which cells?

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All cells of the body

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Class II MHC molecules are found in which cells? (3)

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  1. Dendritic cells
  2. Macrophages
  3. B cells
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How do MHC relate to transplants?

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In a transplant, you want similar HLA molecules
Families share many HLA
Stangers share some HLA

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How do HLA types correlate with attractiveness?

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The more dissimilar HLA types, the more attracted you are to another person

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How do MHC I present peptides?

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Proteins from an infective agent (virus) > broken down in proteosme > TAP > ER > MHC I + peptide > golgi > MHC I present to T-cells > T-cell decide whether the antigen is self or nonself

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Many of the peptides bound to MHC I are self-peptides

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True

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How do MHC II present peptides?

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Viral protein > phagocytosis > MHC made in ER > peptide + MHC II are joined in cytoplasm > present to T-cell > T-cell decides whether the antigen is self or nonself

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T-cells have T-cell receptors which recognize what?

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The peptide presented in the groove of the MHC molecules

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Each T-cell expresses one receptor, how does the body overcome this?

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There are thousands of T cell varieties are present in each person

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Each individual receptor can recognize a different peptide _____

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epitope

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The TCR has a variable region that can produce a wide repertoire of receptors (10^8 combinations possible)

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True

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T-cells require both a bond between TCR and Peptide on MHC, and which additional accessory molecules?

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CD4 and CD8

They increase the binding affinity of the TCR and MHC molecule

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MHC I is paired CD4/CD8 and binds to CTL/Helper T cells

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MHC I = CD8 + CTL

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MHC II is paired CD4/CD8 and binds to CTL/Helper T cells

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MHC II = CD4 + helper T cells

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What do CTL do once activated by MHC+peptide?
Attack the cell
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What do Helper T cells do once activated by MHC+peptide?
Detach and secrete cytokines > activate immune response = activate B cells and cytotoxic T cells
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How does the body keep the T-cell from recognizing itself?
The body goes through the process of testing TCR against self-antigens, and recognizes the self-antigen it is destroyed
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What would happen if the T-cell or B-cell recognized the 'self' as foreign?
Autoimmune disorder
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CTLS induce apoptosis in the target cell by activating what 3 pathways?
1. The Granzyme pathway 2. The Fas pathway 3. The TNFalpha death pathway
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Clonal Expansion
B/T cells exist in dormant state. Infection > present antigen > activation of B/T cells > increase the signal > chemotaxis
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What is the Granzyme pathway?
Effector cytotoxic T cell TCR binds to MHC + peptide > T cell releases perforin molecules + serine proteases > assemble perforin channel > serine proteases enter target cell > granzyme B turns Bid to tBid > caspase cascade > apoptosis
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What is the Fas pathway?
Effector cytotoxic T cell has Fas ligand > Fas ligand binds to Fas on target cell > activate caspases > apoptosis Also removes abnormal cells (CANCER)
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What is the TNFalpha death pathway?
TNF excreted from CTL > enduces apoptosis ??
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Where are B cells derived from?
Bone marrow
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What do B cells secrete?
Antibodies
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How are antibodies produced?
Antibodies are produced by the rearrangement of a large family of genes, known as the V, D, J, and C genes
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Each antibody binds to a wide variety of antigens
False | Each antibody binds to a specific antigen
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TCRs can only recognize peptides while antibodies can recognize ______
whole proteins and viruses
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Antibodies are membrane bound, what happens when the B cell is activated
The antibodies are secreted
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Each B cells produce highly specific or general antibodies
Highly specific
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What is the structure of an antibody?
Heavy chain = constant region | Light chain= variable region - has antigen-binding site
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Each B cell produces a different antibody. There are ___ different B-cells producing antibodies that recognize different antigens.
10^6
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How do we generate such diversity in B cells?
Gene rearrangement There is recombination of VJ regions by deletion of VJ regions and then translation of the premanetnly rearranged, functional genes
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What are the 5 different classes of antibodies B-cells secrete?
1. IgM 2. IgG 3. IgA 4. IgE 5. IgD
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What is the primary function of IgM?
``` Neaturalization and agglutination First class of antibodies produces ```
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What is the primary function of IgG?
Most abundant Neutralization and agglutination Can cross the placenta
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What is the primary function of IgA?
Present in mucus, saliva, breast milk | Localized defense of mucuc membranes
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What is the primary function of IgE?
Triggers histamine release from mast cells - allergic reaction
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What is the primary function of IgD?
Present on unactivated B-cells | Involved in clonal selection
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What are the 3 ways B cells bring about cell death?
1. Aggregation 2. Complement-mediated lysis 3. Cell-mediated lysis
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What is agglutination?
Antibodies have 2 binding sites and a B-cell has multiple membrane bound antibodies so the B cell can bind to many target cells at once, trapping the virus inside all the target cells
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What is neutralization?
When an antibody binds specifically to the glycoprotien that does not allow the virus to bind to its receptor which neutralizes the target cell An antibody could bind to the capsid protein on the virus and then it would not be neutralizing
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What is the advantage of having memory B and T cells? (3)
1. They are primed to react quickly upon renewed stimulation by their antigens 2. The secondary response produces high affinity antibodies in larger quantities 3. A single infection can make a person immune to the same infection for life
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Both memory B and T cellc can remain in the body for long periods of time
True
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What is clonal selection of B cells?
Once B-cells are activated they either become antigen-secreting plasma cells or long-lived memory cells The process of creating more memory cells is clonal selection
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Who was Edward Jenner?
Edward Jenner inoculated a young boy with the pus from a Cowpox sore - creating one of the first WT virus vaccines
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Who was Lady Mary Wortley?
Was visiting the turks and noticed them putting puss under a cut of a healthy individual and it made the person immune to small pox
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Variolation
Stick puss under skin
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Innoculation
Infect with microbiological agent
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Gradually vaccines became popular, HPV rates drop ___% in decades since CDC recommended vaccination in 2006
64%
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Attenuated Strains
Weaker form Pass the virus in cultured cells or in an animal that is not a natural host, the virus adapts to the new host and becomes weaker
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Attenuated strains remain similar enough to the original virulent for the body to generate an immune response
True
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What did Pasteur do?
Injected a child with rabbit rabies virus (attenuated rabbies virus) so the child wouldn't get sick with rabies
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Inactivated Virus
Treat virus with a chemical > virus still has glycoprotins but is incapable of replication
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Adjuvant
An irratant included in vaccines that encourages the immune system to come to the sight
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What does CAVA stand for?
Cold Adapted Virus Attnuation
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What is CAVA?
You passage the cells are low temperatures (23-30C) which generates an attenuated virus strand which can not replicate as quickly even when back in standard conditions
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Live virus vaccines can cause disease if _________ is not sufficient
Attenuation
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Virulent
Even more hostile
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Occasionally attenuated viruses can become virulent by a process of ______
reversion
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Subunit Vaccines
Take a small peice of the virus and use it for vaccination | Does not have many of the problems live/attenuated virus vaccines have
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Recombinant viruses
AKA pseudotyping | Get dual immunity of the actual virus and the easier going virus
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DNA/RNA vaccines are being tested for future use
True
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What is Herd Immunity?
If the majority of the population is mostly protected from a disease the chance of a major epidemic is unlikely
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What are the two ways Herd Immunity if achieved?
Majority gets sick | Majority gets vaccinated
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The percentage of immune people for herd immunity changes virus to virus
True
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Why are zoonotic virus impossible to irradicate?
They go and hide in animal species and mutate
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Vaccines artifically induce a T-cell and B-cell response
True
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How do you test vaccine efficacy?
Cellular Studies 1. Give a person the vaccine 2. Take a blood sample and isolate the antibody serum 3. Treat cells with antibodies and then with the virus 4. Compare cell death in culture treated with antibodies vs control

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