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Where do cells of different lineage and function develop from?

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The pluripotent stem cell

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True or False. Hematopoiesis declines with age.

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True

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Hematopoietic stem cells can become…

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  1. Self-renewing stem cells
  2. Myeloid cells
  3. Lymphoid cells
  4. Erythroid cells
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How many days to monocytes circulate in the blood?

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1-3 days

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What are macrophages?

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Monocytes that have exited the blood, further differentiated and become fixed in the tissues

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Where are Kupffer cells found?

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In the liver

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Where are microglial cells found?

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In the brain

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Where are Alveolar cells found?

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In the lung

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What is CR1?

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A surface receptor which is complement receptor 3 for complement protein C3b

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What are Fc receptors?

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Bind to the Fc portion of IgG and IgE

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What does Interferon-gamma (IFN-y) do and what produces it?

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Activates macrophages in their resting state, produced by Th1, CD8 and NK cells

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When can a macrophage become activated?

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  1. By IFN-y cytokine
  2. When surface PRRs bind to PAMPs
  3. When it opsonizes a pathogen via its Fc or CR3 receptors
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What three phases do Macrophages have?

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Resting, activated, hyperactivated

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What happens during the activated state of a macrophage?

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Phagocytosis, killing ingested pathogens, and antigen presenting

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What happens during the hyperactivated state of macrophages?

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Secrete cytokines and complement proteins, kill pathogens within the macrophage, and present antigens

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What is oxidative burst?

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Killing pathogens within the macrophage

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When phagocytosis occurs through either the Fc or complement receptors

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Opsonization

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The name for the antibody and complement proteins

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Opsonins

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List the steps of killing the pathogen inside the cell

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  1. Increased acidity of the phagosome by pumping in H+
  2. Fusion of the lysosome with the phagosome
  3. Release of lytic enzymes and reactive oxygen and nitrogen molecules
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What is oxidative burst?

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Release of lytic enzymes and reactive oxygen and nitrogen molecules

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What is hematopoiesis?

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Production of immune cells

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What is needed for lysosomes and lytic enzymes to work?

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Low pH

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What are the first cytokines released when a microbe is first phagocytized?

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IL-1, IL-6, TNF-a, and complements

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Short-lived dedicated killers that circulate in the blood until recruited

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Neutrophils

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What is the most predominant granulocyte?
Neutrophils
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What is another name for neutrophils?
Polymorphonuclear cells
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What are neutrophils made of?
3 granulocytes that contain enzymes which aid in killing
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Immunopathology
Damage to neighboring healthy cells in infection
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What is the life span of neutrophils?
Less than 2 days
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What is the Number 1 phagocyte?
Neutrophils
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What is released by neutrophils to kill pathogens?
Lytic enzymes and defensins
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What are defensins?
Small peptides that polk holes in the membranes
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True or False. Neutrophils do not have oxidative burst.
False, they do
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What type of nucleus is found in an eosinophil?
Bi-lobed
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Which isotype do eosinophils have high affinity receptors for?
IgE
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Which isotype do easinophils have low affinity receptors for?
IgG
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Which granulocyte is important in the pathogenesis of asthma or other chronic inflammatory diseases?
Eosinophils
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Which granulocyte plays a major role in parasitic infections?
Eosinophils
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What surface receptor does Basophil have?
For IgE
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Degranulation
The release of contents from the granules
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What do the granules in Basophils contain?
Histamine and vasodilators
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Where are mast cells mostly found?
Along connective tissue and skin
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Mast cells have high affinity receptors for which isotype?
IgE
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What processes are platelets involved in?
Blood clotting and inflammation
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Which cells are platelets derived from?
Megakaryotes
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Platelets have surface receptors for what 3 cells...
1. Fibrinogen (clotting) 2. Complement protein C3b (inflammation) 3. Cytokines (CXCR4)
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What fraction of platelets circulate?
2/3
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What fraction of platelets are found in the spleen?
1/3
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Where are dendritic cells predominantly found?
Mostly in the skin
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What do dendritic cells do after they phagocytose a microbe?
Migrate to the nearest lymphoid organ and present antigen to the T cells
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Dendritic cells that have migrated to the lymphoid organ
Interdigitating cells
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True or False. Only mature dendritic cells phagocytose.
False, only immature ones do
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What is the most effective APC?
Dendritic cells
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What is negative selection of thymoctyes
Where T cells which recognize self are eliminated
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Where are follicular dendritic cells found?
In germinal centers and follicles of lymphoid organs
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What is the function of follicular dendritic cells?
To present whole, unprocessed antigen to B cells to keep them activated during affinity maturation
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True or False. Antigens are not internalized after they bing to FDC surface.
True
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What type of T lymphocyte does CD4 become?
T helper cell
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What type of T lymphocyte does CD8 become?
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL or Tc)
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What is a CTL?
Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte
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What functions do CD4 and CD8 serve?
1. Surface markers to identify T cells 2. Antigen coreceptors 3. Determine which MHC class antigen presentation is recognized
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What two subpopulations is CD4 divided into?
Th1 and Th2
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How is Th1 and Th2 determined?
Based on cytokine production
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Which cytokines favor Th1?
IL-12 and IFN-y
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Which cytokines favor Th2?
IL-4 and IL-10
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Th1 cells stimulate which cells?
CD8 T cells
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Th2 cells stimulate which cells?
B cells to produce antibodies | And isotype switching in B cells
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What three cells come from the myeloid lineage?
Granulocytes, monocytes, and macrophages
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What three cells come from the lymphoid lineage?
B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, and NK cells
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What cells are members of the innate immune system?
Myeloid and NK cells
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Which cells are members of the adaptive immune response?
Lymphocytes
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What are granulocytes?
White blood cells (leukocytes) that are classified as neutrophils, basophils, and easinophils
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Which cells constitute the majority of leukocytes?
Neutrophils
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Which granulocytes are nonphagocytoxic?
Basophils
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What is the best known protein in basophils and its purpose?
Histamine, to increase blood vessel permeability and smoot muscle activity
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True or False. Mast cells only differentiate after leaving the blood.
True
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Are easinophils phagocytoxic?
Yes
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Which cells make connections between the innate and adaptive systems? They make contact with a pathogen and then communicate this pathogen to the site of infection.
Myeloid-antigen presenting cells.

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