Inflammation #1 Flashcards

(47 cards)

1
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Purpose of inflammation?

A

increase local bloodflow and vascular permeability

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Key Features of response to reestablish homeostasis?

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Inflammation
Neutralization of injurious agents
Adaptive Immune Initiation
Healing/Regen

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3
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Two bacteria mentioned that are almost always bested with innate?

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Strep/Staph

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What are sentinel cells?

What do they do?

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Resident tissue macrophages, mast cells that use pattern recognition receptors/TLRs to trigger inflammatory response.

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5
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What does TLR4 bind?

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Enterobacterial LPS

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6
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She was very explicit about inflammation not just being about micrbials. Its also about…

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Necrosis

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7
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Inflamatory response occurs over…

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Minutes to hours to days.

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Definition of inflammation

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A localized reaction of living, vascularized tissue to injury

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9
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Types of injury that might trigger inflam?

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Infection
Trauma
Necrosis
Toxins

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Chemical mediators act to promote _____ and ______

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Flow and permeability

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How do chemical mediators promote permeability?

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Causing contraction of the vascular cell cytoskeleton to open spaces between cells.

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Cellular and Vascular Resposne – Who has to come first?

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Vascular

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13
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What do I mean by cellular response in inflammation?

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Emigration of cells and delivery of blood components

They adhere and crawl

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14
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First mediator of inflammation?

A

Histamine

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15
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Why does your skin tend to turn red on super cold days?

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Mast cells dislike cold.

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Five Cardinal Signs of Inflammation

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Rubor - Redness
Tumor - Swelling
Calor - Heat
Dolor - Pain
Functio laesa -- Loss of Function
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17
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Typical signs of an infection are the result of…

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Inflammatory Response

Not the infection itself

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Describe the relationship of inflammatory mediators, endothelial cells, and migrating cells.

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Resident cells produce infl. med.
Act on endo. cells causing vasodilation/permeability
Allow delivery of more effectors

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19
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What does Axial Flow refer to?

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Most resistance is at the vessel wall

20
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What activates tissue mast cells?

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Trauma, Cold, Complement, IgE

21
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What activates tissue macrophages?

A

Presence of pathogens/tissue injury

TLRS

22
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Mast cells are replaced by _______

23
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The less eloquent way she refers to mast cells

A

Bags of Histamine

there are also leukotrienes and chemotactic factors

24
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What do macrophages release to trigger endothelial cells?

A

IL-1, TNFa, IL6

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What do macrophages release to draw in Neutrophils?
IL-8 (CXCL8)
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Vascular dilation is caused by...
gaps in the endothelium from histamine activation
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What vessels are typically influenced in inflammation?
Post capillary venules
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Neutrophils arrive after ____ hours. Die after ______ hours.
12-24 | 24
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Name three types of migrating cells.
Neutrophils, Monocytes, Lymphocytes
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Macrophages arrive after ____
24-72 Hours
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Lymphocytes arrive after _____
72 hours
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Neutrophils form ____ after their death
pus
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Why are macrophages more important for longer term inflam control?
Longer life than neutrophils
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Where are neutrophils from? What tends to happen to them after death?
Blood and BM Reserves | Engulfed and Degraded by macrophages
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Name for bacteria who elicit lots o' pus
Pyogenic Bacteria
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For a neutrophil to emigrate, what 4 things have to have happened
Endothelial Cell Activation Neutrophil Activation Signalling by chemotactic mediators Migration of neutrophils
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Two adhesion molecules necessary for neutrophil binding
Selectins bind cell surface carbs | Integrins bind Ig-like molecules
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Neutrophil Sialyl Lewis X binds...
P and E Selectin
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Neutrophil L Selectin binds...
Vascular Ahhressin
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Neutrophil LFA-1 binds...
ICAM-1
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Neutrophil weak adhesion is mediated by... | firm adhesion by...
Selectins | Integrins
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Chemokine important for tight binding of neutrophils?
IL-8
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How do PMNs migrate around inside a cell?
Binding fibronectin and matrix components
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List three triggers of neu. chemotaxis
Bacterial Products IL-8 Leukotriene B4
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Two types of phagocytosis killing?
``` Oxygen independent (digestive enzymes) Oxygen Dependent (Oxygen free radicals) ```
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Acid she pointed out as super dangerous from NADPH-dependent oxidases
Hyperchlorous acid
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Defective NADPH oxidase in...
Chronic Granulomatous Disease