Immunity To Infectious Diseases: Viruses & Fungi Flashcards
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Mechanism of tissue damage, cytopathic viruses
Interferes with cellular protein synthesis leading to injury/death
Viruses: 2 modes of transmission
Mucosal surfaces
Epithelial surfaces
Mechanism of tissue damage,noncytopathic viruses
Viral DNA persists in host cell,causing latent infections. When expressed, protein synthesis altered, leading to disease
Interferon ____ is produced by fibroblasts
Beta
Which cytokines activate NK cell?
IL-12, IL-15
What prompts the NK cells to lyse a cell?
Absence of a properly functioning MHC I Marker
Interferon ___ is produced by leukocytes
Alpha
Interferon alpha increases expression of IL-__ which leads to production of IFN gamma @ T cells and NK cells
12
True or false. Antibodies can protect from infection and eradicate established infections
False. It cannot eradicate established infections
Exposure to one serological type of virus makes you resistant to all serological types. True or false?
False
In CMI, what does cytotoxic T cell induce in viruses?
DNA fragmentation
Antigenic variation is done by the following viruses except
A)influenza
B)rhinovirus
C)pox virus
C)pox virus
HIV does all immune evasion mechanisms below except?
A.inhibition of antigen processing
B.antigenic variation
C.infection of immunocompetent cells
A.inhibition of antigen processing
False about Inhibition of Ag processing
A.blockade of TAP transporter
B.removal of MHC-II molecule from ER
B. Removal of MHC-II molecule fr ER. Dapat MHC-I
Production of cytokine receptor molecules done by all of these except?
A)HIV
B)pox virus
C)CMV
A)HIV
True or false: Fungi may live within phagocytes
True
What are mycoses?
Generalized fungal infection
What does endemic mean
Present in environment
When do fungi become opportunistic?
Normal flora become pathogenic
All Patients on long-term corticosteroids are not susceptible to fungal infection. True or false?
False
Most important predisposing factor for clinically significant fungal infection
Compromised immunity
Neutrophils attach to ____ of Candida albicans
Pseudohyphae
Cationic peptides - fungicidal activity vs ____ phase but not ____
vs hyphal phase but not spores
____ inhibits respiratory burst and release of myeloperoxidase by phagocytosing neutrophils
Mannan