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list sensor cells

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epithelial
dendritic
macrophages
mast

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4 ways sensor cells produce a response to infection

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  • type 1 and 3 interferon production
  • recruitment of circulating neutrophils and monocytes
  • effector activity: phagocytosis and ROS
  • release of mast cell granules
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describe induction of the adaptive immune response

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  • pathogens are detected by dendritic cell subsets
  • dendritic cell subtypes release cytokines
  • type 1 interferons signal onto cytotoxic t cells –> lyse pathogens
  • CD4 / Th1 cells sustain cytotoxic t cell response
  • IL1B/6/23 and TGF-B signal to CD4 Th17 cells
  • CD4 FTh signals to germinal cell B cells
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what cytokines and effector cells do CD4 Th1 ILC1 lymphocytes signal to?

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IFN gamma, TNF alpha and IL2
–> macrophages and cytotoxic t cells

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what cytokines and effector cells doCD4 Th17 ILC3 lymphocytes signal to?

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IL 17A and IL22
–> neutrophils and epithelial cells

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what cytokines and effector cells do CD4 follicular lymphocytes signal to?

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IFN gamma, IL17A, IL4, IL21
–> germinal centre b cells –> memory / plasma cells –> release IgG, IgA, IgE

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what chains make up immunoglobulins

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2 soluble heavy and light chains

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give the 2 regions of an antibody

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Fab - fragment antigen binding
Fc - fragment crystallisable / constant

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which part of the antibody recognises the antigen

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Fab of both heavy and light chains

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what part of the antibody determines the effector function

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Fc heavy chain

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what part of the antibody specifies the antibody isotype

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heavy chain

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4 main effector functions of IgG

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  • activation of complement
  • clearance and elimination of antibody coated pathogens
  • transport and delivery of immunoglobulin to different body compartments
  • regulation of immune responses
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define inborn errors of immunity

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heterogeneous group of genetic disorders resulting in immune dysfunction and ill health

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how many single gene defects (roughly) impact the immune response

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485

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what discovery has lead to a massive increase in discovery of inborn errors of immunity

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DNA sequencing tech

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what is the commonest cause of inborn errors of immunity?

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antibody deficiency 37%

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what types of inborn errors of immunity make up the majority?

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antibody deficiency 37%
syndromes with immunodeficiency 17%
complement deficiencies 16%
congenital defects of phagocytes 16%
cellular / humoral immunodeficiencies 10%

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list clinical features of most immune deficiencies

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increased susceptibility to infection
AI disease
allergy
auto-inflammatory disease
viral related cancers eg EBV, HPV

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which cellular component is the most common cause of inborn errors of immunity

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B cell

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what are syndromic infectious diseases commonly known as

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primary immune deficiencies

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what infection risk does primary immune deficiencies incur

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susceptible to multiple infections
a large number of infectious episodes
rare, but opportunistic infections

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who is affected by primary immune deficiencies

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kids more than adults

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what cell type is most affected in primary immune deficiencies

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leukocytes

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how can primary immune deficiencies present?

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AI, inflammatory, allergic disordes or cancer

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give examples of primary immune deficiencies
SCID - severe combined immune deficiency syndromes XLA - x linked agammaglobulinaemia CGD - chronic granulomatous disease
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genetic inheritance of primary immune deficiencies
X linked or autosomal recessive
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person is susceptible to a single or few infection agents, with only a single or multiple episodes of infection. Dx?
familial infectious diseases
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who is most affected by familial infectious diseases
kids more than adults
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cell types affected in familial infectious diseases
leukocytes or epithelial cells
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genetics of familial infectious diseases
X linked, AR or AD
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examples of familial infectious diseases
mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease critical care influenza A pneumonia
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what triggers mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease
gene defects cause failure to produce IFN gamma so can't fight weakly virulent mycobacteria and BCG
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what gene defects cause mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease
IFN gamma producing genes - IL12 / IL23 IFN gamma responding genes - IFN-gammaR and Tyk2
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describe pathway in normal response to mycobacterial disease
infected macrophages stimulated to produce IL12 / IL23 this induces T cells to make IFN gamma IFN gamma acts on macrophages and neutrophils to stimulate TNF alpha and NADPH oxidase to eliminate pathogen
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what is wrong in mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease
no generation or response to IFN gamma --> variable penetrance
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what R recognises influenza
TLR3
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what is made when influenza binds to receptor
type 1 interferons promote interferon stimulated genes
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how do interferon stimulated genes affect replication of influenza
they control replication
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name a genetic susceptibility to TB
P1104A variant of tyk2
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how does p1104a affect TB susceptibility
it impairs il23 but not il12 production of ifn gamma --> 80% go on to develop TB
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what mutation increases COVID19 mortality
type 1 interferon immune pathway mutation some x linked TLR defects
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what ABs did 10% of severely ill COVID 19 patients develop
type 1 interferon ABs therefore dampening the response
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what errors of immunity lead to AID
t cell tolerance t cell apoptosis t reg function also hypomorphic SCID gene
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2 main categories of monogenic autoinflamm disorders
Il1 inflammasomopathies (FMF) type 1 interferonopathies (aicardi goutiers syndrome)
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what IEI causes allergic disorders
autosomal dominant (AD) STAT 3 loss of function (hyper IgE syndrome)
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what symptoms does STAT3 patient present with
eczema staph aureus / fungal infections of skin and lung bone disease elevated IgE
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what can EBV cause in immune def patients
hodgkins non hodgkins smooth muscle cancers
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what IEI cause EBV to cause cancer
impairment in cytotoxic function - perforin def, XLP/XIAP def loss of proximal signalling molecules for T cell activation and expression of NKG2D on NK/CD8 cells
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in which disease does a genetic mutation or AID cause between 10-20% of cases
severe SARS COV2 infection
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which IEI gets minor symptoms only
selective IgA deficiency
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which IEI has normal life expectancy
common variable immune deficiency
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Mx of common variable immune deficiency
weekly / monthly IgG therapy
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which IEI is life threatening
SCID
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Mx of SCID
transplant or gene therapy
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presentation of IEI infections
SPUR severe- sepsis persistent - multiple ABx needed to treat it unusual infections - opportunistic eg PMJ, CMV recurrent - 2+ pneumonias/yr or 8+ otitis media in a child
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what are other key presentation features of IEI
early onset refractory AI cytopenias early osnet IBD, HLH, skin disease difficult to treat allergic skin disease unexplained viral cancers in pt <40 yrs old FH of immune def or consanguinity
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Ix for immundeficiency
FISH FBC - Hb, neuts, plats, lymphs Ig - G/A/M/A serum complement - C3,C4 HIV test
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what % of immune deficiencies will get picked up with FISH Ix
85%
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why is IgG important
key host defence in alevoli - in equilibrium with blood
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function of secretory IgA and IgM
protect URT and LRT
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where do secretory IgA/M come from
mucosal B cells rather than blood
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2nd line Ix for immune deficiencies
measure conc of vaccine ABs - tetanus, pneumovax analysis of lymphocyte subsets using flow cytometry (eg CD4, CD8 etc)
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why is vaccine response important to determine
inappropriate vaccine response is diagnostic of primary AB deficiency syndromes

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