HISTORY Flashcards

(39 cards)

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IMMUNOLOGY

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  • study of our IMMUNE SYSTEM

- Study of host’s reactions when foreign antigens are INTRODUCED to the body

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2
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Smallpox vaccine;

observed milkmaids

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Edward Jenner (1798)

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3
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founder of immunity

attenuation of Rabies (1885)

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Louis Pasteur (1868)

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4
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“vaccinia”

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cowpox

*vacc = vacca = baka

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5
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“variola”

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smallpox

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6
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Phagocytosis

cellular theory of immunity

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Elli Metchnikoff (1880 - 1900)

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7
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complement fixation

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Bordet and Gengou (1901)

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8
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Grabar and Williams (1952 - 1953)

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immunoelectrophoresis in gel analysis

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9
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template theory of antibody production

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Friedrich Brent/ 
Felix Haurowitz (1930)
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10
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Clonal Selection Theory

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Niels Jerne/ Frank Burnet (1955 - 1957)

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11
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Histocompatibility Complex

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Dausset/Rapoport (1958)

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12
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Milstein and Kohler (1973)

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Hybridoma for the production of Monoclonal Antibodies

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13
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Chinese practice of inhaling powder (smallpox scabs)

  • “exposing”
  • some people develop the dse.
  • also used in TB and Syphilis
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Variolation

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14
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exact antibody binding site

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Epitope

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15
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occurs when an antibody reacts with antigen that is structurally similar to the original antigen

  • the Ag has the same binding site
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Cross reactivity

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16
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eradication of smallpox, no cases since_____

17
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parasite near in eradication

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Dracunculus medinensis

  • “Dragonomous/fiery serpent”
  • causing you to “burn” alive
18
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stocks of Variola virus for research found in?

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1) CDC - Atlanta, Georgia

2) VECTOR Institute - Koltsovo, Russia

19
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Make a pathogen less virulent

20
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Diptheria and tetanus toxin

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Emil von Behring

21
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Opsonins

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Almroth Wright

22
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  • immunized rabbit with haptens
  • three dimensional configuration
  • ABO blood group
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Karl Landsteiner

23
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designed to keep microorganisms from entering the body

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Anatomical barriers

24
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Humoral includes

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APRs, Interferons A & B, Defensins, Complement proteins

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basophils and mast cells are differentiated by
GRANULE CONTENT
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Father of Immunology
Louis Pasteur
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weakened live pathogens
Attenuated vaccine
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killed microorganisms
Inactivated vaccine
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tetanus is what type of vaccine
toxoid
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other person who is said to have discovered Phagocytosis in 1798
Haeckel
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T cell receptor gene year of discovery
1984
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Complement
Jules Bordet
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book of Karl Landsteiner
SSR = specificity of serological reaction
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ABO blood group discovery
Karl Landsteiner
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Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
Rosalyn Yallow
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Structure of antibodies
Gerald Edelman & Rodney Porter
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Antibody diversity
Susumu Tonegawa
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one agent produces protection against another agent is known as
Cross-immunity
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Cross-immunity is discovered by
Edward Jenner