(Final) Host response to Viral Infection Flashcards

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What 3 host immune responses can your body have to a viral infection?

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Innate immunity
adaptive immunity
passive immunity

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What is the first line of defense against infections?

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Innate immunity

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Does the innate immunity exhibit memory or specificity?

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NO

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What are the only immune defense available after the first few days after viral infection?

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Innate immunity

Provides primary physical and chemical defenses

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Where are defensins located in the body and what is their function?

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Defensins = host defense peptides with antiviral activity. They are located in the GI tract and modulate the host immune response

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What are the primary defense mechanisms of the respiratory tract?

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Mucociliary blanket and temperature gradient (nasal passages = 33C - alveoli = 37C)

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By which mechanism do natural killer cells mediate cell death?

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Inducing apoptosis via perforin and granzymes

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What receptors recognize pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs)?

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PRR - pattern recognition receptors

One class of PRRs are the Toll Like Receptors (TLRs)

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Where are TLRs present? (on what cells)

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Macrophages, neutrophils, endothelial cells etc

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What are the results of TLR stimulation?

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Phagocytosis
Chemotaxis
Inflammatory mediators
Inferferons

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T/F: If TLRs are being chronically/constantly stimulated, there may be an auto immune response

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TRUE

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What are interferons?

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IFN = a group of cyotokines that are secreted by somatic cells in response to viral infections and other stimuli

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T/F: IFN posses potent antiviral, immunomodulating, and anti cancer properties

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TRUE

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T/F: DNA viruses are stronger inducers of interferon that RNA viruses

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FALSE

RNA viruses are stronger inducers of IFN than DNA viruses

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What are the 3 major classes of interferon based on antigenic and chemical difference?

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Type I = IFN alpha and IFN beta

Type II = IFN gamma

Type III = IFN lambda1, IFN lambda2, IFN lambda 3

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What kind of interferons are IFN alph and IFN beta?

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IFN alpha = leukocyte interferon. Produces large quanities of plasmacytoid dendritic cells

IFN beta: fibroblast interferon. Secreted by virus infected fibroblasts

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What is the function of Type 1 interferons?

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Inhibit virus replication in host cells
Activate NK cells to kill infected cells
Increase the expression of MHC-1 molecules and antigen presentation
Stimulate differentiation of monocytes into dendritic cells
Maturation of dendritic cells
Stimulates memory T cell proliferation

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What are the 2 primary functions of Interferon alpha and beta?

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Apoptosis via autocrine signaling

Inhibition of virus replication via paracrine signaling

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What is the function of type II interferons?

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Type II = Infereron gamma

Mostly immunoregulatory - produced by antigen stimulated T cells and NK cells

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What is the primary function of Type III interferons? (Lambda)

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Immunoregulation

These are expressed in response to viral infections and activation of TLRs

21
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T/F: Interferons aare virus specific (for each virus there will be a specific interferon)

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FALSE

THEY ARE NON SPECIFIC

22
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What gene is responsible for gene silencing?

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SIRNA = Short interfering RNA

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What are the components of adaptive immune system?

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Humoral and cellular

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Humoral immunity is mediated by _________ that are released from B lymphocytes

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Cellular immunity is mediated by what cells?
T lymphocytes
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What immune response will stimulate long term memory after an infection?
Adaptive immunity
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What does the adaptive immunity produce antibodies against during a viral infection?
Against viral proteins on free virions (capsid or envelope) OR Against viral proteins expressed on surface of infected cells
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What can antibodies do to defend against a viral infection?
Virus neutralization Opsonization Immunocomplex formation (clumping of viruses) Complement system activation Stimulate antibody dependent cell mediated cytotoxicty
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What cells partake in the cell mediated immunity?
CD4 helper T cells and CD8 cytotoxic T cells
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What is antigenic plasticity?
Rapid changes in the structure of the viral antigen Can be due to a mutation, reassortment, or recombination
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What is antigenic multiplicity?
Antigenic variants with little or no cross-reactivity | can have many viral serotypes
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What is the process of negative cytokine regulation?
Blocking of the interferon receptor signal. Virokines: some viruses synthesize proteins which are homologs of cytokines/interferons Viroreceptors: Some viruses encode proteins that are homologous to the receptors of cytokines. (serve as a competitive antagonist)
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T/F: Down regulation of MHC class I pathways and Inhibition of complement activation are examples of viral evasion of the immune system
TRUE
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What are some ways viruses can evade the immune system?
Evasion of neutralizing ABs, Latency, Cell to cell spread, inhibition of apoptosis, inhibition of complement, down regulation of MHC-I, negative cytokine regulation
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T/F: Rapid changes in the structure of viral antigen of a virus over time due to mutations is also known as Antigenic Multiplicity
FALSE this is describing antigenic plasticity