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What are the 3 physiologic functions of the immune system?

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-prevent infections
-eradicate established infections
-protect against cancers

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Immunity

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resistance to infection

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Immune system

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collection of molecules, cells, and tissues that mediate resistance to infections

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Immune response

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coordinated response of the cells and molecules of the immune system to infectious and noninfectious foreign substances

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Immunology

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study of the immune system and its responses to infectious and noninfectious foreign substances

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antigen

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a foreign substance that may or may not induce an immune response

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How big does an antigen need to be to induce an immune response?

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100 kDa

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immunogen

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an antigen that always induces an immune response
-all immunogens are antigens, but not all antigens are immunogens

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cytokine

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proteins produced by many different cell types that mediate inflammatory and immune reactions
-mediate communication between cells of the immune system

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chemokine

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chemoattractive cytokines
-attract cells to sites of infection/inflammation
-play a vital role in cell migration from blood to tissues
-induce chemotaxis

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chemotaxis

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target cells moving from lower concentration to higher concentration due to a chemokine
-helps neutrophils move towards and phagocytize pathogens in an inflamed site of the body

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complement

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protein produced by macrophages and hepatocytes
-part of innate immunity
-kill pathogens by direct lysis by forming holes or their killing by phagocytes (such as macrophages and neutrophils)

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pathogen

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an organism that causes disease
-pathogens express many antigens

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microorganism or microbe

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organism that can be seen only through a microscope

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extracellular pathogen/microbe

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a pathogen or microbe that can live, grow, and multiply outside the host cell

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intracellular pathogen/microbe

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pathogen or microbe that lives and grows inside the host cell
-viruses

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commensal bacteria

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microorganisms living on or within another organism and derive benefit without harming the host

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leukocyte

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AKA WBC
-broad term for all types of immune system cells
-includes neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, monocytes, dendritic cells, lymphocytes, and NK cells

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Kupffer cells

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fixed macrophages in the liver

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histiocytes

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macrophages found in normal connective tissue

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microglia

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macrophages found in brain

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osteoclasts

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macrophages found in bone

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langerhans cells/dendritic cells

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macrophages found in skin

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lymphocyte

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cells derived from lymphoid progenitor cells
-includes B cells, T cells, NK cells

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What type of immunity are B cells?
humoral immunity
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What type of immunity are T cells?
cell mediated immunity
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What type of immunity are natural killer cells?
innate immunity
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What are the primary cells of the adaptive immune system?
B and T cells
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What are the two types T lymphocytes?
helper T lymphocytes (Th cells) and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (Tc cells)
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Is a lymphocyte and type of leukocyte?
yes
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How are different types of lymphocytes distinguished?
by expression of surface proteins that are named "CD molecules"
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phagocytosis
cellular ingestion of large extracellular substances (such as macrophages engulfing whole bacterium)
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opsonization
when proteins bind to an antigen to tag it for phagocytosis by phagocytes such as neutrophils or macrophages
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What are the most common proteins to opsonize antigens?
antibodies and complement
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extravasate
leakage of fluid out of a container
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extravasation in the context of inflammation
WBCs (neutrophils particularly) leaking out of blood vessels in order to reach the site of tissue injury to remove injurious stimuli
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What to venules contribute to to extravasation?
fluid, proteins, and majority of WBCs
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What do capillaries contribute to extravasation?
mostly fluids and proteins and not many WBC
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Naive T and B lymphocytes
not previously encountered their specific antigen and therefore have never responded to it -all lymphocytes leaving the primary lymphoid organs -differentiate when stimulated by antigens
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Effector T and B lymphocytes
terminally differentiated from naive T and B cells -responsible for performing effector functions to eliminate the pathogens or cancerous cells
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Effector helper T cells
Th cells secrete cytokines to help other immune cells
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effector cytotoxic T lymphocytes
CTLs, kill infected cells and cancerous cells
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plasma cells
secrete antibodies
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What is another name for effector B cells?
plasma cells
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memory B or T cells
generated from differentiation of lymphocytes -not considered effector cells
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immunoglobulin
AKA antibody
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Where are immunoglobulin (Igs) bound?
membrane bound on B cells or a soluble protein produced by the effector B cells (plasma cells)
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What do Igs act as when membrane bound?
B cell receptor (BCR) -interacts with antigen
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What are Igs specific for?
particular epitope on an antigen
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What do Igs do when soluble?
act to opsonize antigens
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What do T cell receptors (TCR) do?
interact with a particular epitope on an antigen
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What to TCR require to recognize an epitope?
epitope must be presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules of an antigen presenting cell (APC)
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What do APCs do?
internalize antigens and break them down into small pieces and then present them to T cells by their MHC molecules
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What is a MHC?
major histocompatibility complex
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What is the difference between how BCRs and TCRs recognize antigens?
BCR recognize antigens by directly binding to them and they do not require presentation of processed antigens by APCs -B cells can bind to antigens in their native form, but T cells can not
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What are the 3 types of APCs?
macrophages, dendritic cells and B cells
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What to APCs present to?
T cells
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What is the most efficient APC?
dendritic cells
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epitope
alternative term for an antigenic determinant -immunologically active discrete site on a macromolecular antigen to which an antibody or TCR (T cell receptor) actually binds
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epitope in the case of a protein antigen recognized by a T cell
peptide portion that binds to an MHC molecule for recognition by the TCR
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epitope in the case of B cells
a region of an antigen that antibody bind to with its antigen binding region
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hypersensitivity
inappropriate immune responses such as autoimmune disease -immune response against body's own antigens or self-antigens -hypersensitivity or allergic reactions
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serum
yellow liquid that remains when blood clots and is then centrifuged to remove blood cells and clotting elements
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Are clotting proteins and cells present in serum?
no
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Are soluble proteins such as immunoglobulins and albumin present in serum?
yes
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antiserum
serum containing antibodies against specific antigens -antiserum against tetanus toxin has antibodies against the tetanus toxin
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polyclonal antibody
a collection of antibodies from different B cells that recognize multiple epitopes of the same antigen -antibody response generated following immunization or infection is a polyclonal antibody response
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monoclonal antibody
antibody from a single antibody producing B cell -only binds with one unique epitope
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plasma
liquid portion of unclotted blood -does not include any cells of the blood, but includes all soluble proteins found in serum -also contains fibrinogen and other soluble clotting elements that are not found in serum
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What is the oldest system of host defense?
innate immunity -adaptive immunity evolved later
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What species did adaptive immunity first appear in?
jawed vertebrates (sharks, rays, skates)
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How long does it take for innate immunity to react vs adaptive immunity?
innate immunity: minutes to hours adaptive immunity: days
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What are the principal components of innate immunity?
-anatomical and chemical barriers (skin, mucous membrane, stomach acid, and complement proteins) -effector cells -inflammation
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How long do neutrophils live?
short lived (few hours in blood, 1-4 days in tissue)
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What is the major phagocytic cell of blood?
neutrophils
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What does the nucleus of neutrophils look like?
multilobed
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What is the main role of neutrophils?
killing extracellular pathogens -bacteria or fungi
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What do individuals with neutrophil defects suffer from?
recurrent chest infections with bacteria or fungi and recurrent skin abscesses
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How long do macrophages live?
several months
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What does the nucleus of a macrophage look like?
bean shaped single lobed nucleus
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What do cytokines play a major role in?
initiating adaptive immune responses
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What is the job of macrophages?
-phagocytosis and killing of extracellular pathogens -secreting cytokines to make blood vessels leaky, attract other leukocytes, and lead to inflammation -key role in removing debris or necrotic tissue and aged erythrocytes
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Where do macrophages live?
in tissues of all organs -have names depending on where they are located
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Why are macrophages called antigen presenting cells (APCs)?
-capture pathogens or foreign antigens invading organs, lyse them, and present processed antigens to T cells
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Macrophages are transformed cells of what cell?
monocytes: circulate for 8-70 hours and then migrate into tissues and become macrophages
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Can macrophages and neutrophils kill intracellular pathogens?
no

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