Innate Immunity Flashcards
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What is innate immunity?
Natural barriers (physical and biochemical) and inflammation
Surface barriers harbour what?
Natural flora (group of microorganisms) that protect against pathogens
What’s the role of the physical and biochemical barrier in innate immunity?
It’s the first line of defence at the body surface, in place at birth to prevent damage by substance from environment and thwart infections by pathogenic microorganisms
What is the second line of defence?
Inflammatory response
What is the role inflammation response?
Inflammatory response is activated to protect against further injury, prevent infection of injured tissues and promote healing
What is adaptive (acquired or specific) immunity?
3rd line of defence
Slower
More specific process
Targets particular invading microorganisms and eradicate them
Body develop memory for rapid response at future exposure to the same organism
What is the timing of the first line of defence!
Constant
What is the specificity of immunity in first line of defence?
Broadly specific
What are the cells involved in first line of defence?
Epithelial cells and microbiome
What type of memory occurs in first line of defence in innate immunity
No memory involved
What are the active molecules in innate immunity first line of defence?
Defensins,
cathelicidins,
collectins,
lactoferins,
bacteria toxins
Protection in the first line of defence in innate immunity involves what?
- Anatomical barriers( skin and mucus membranes
- Cells and secretory molecules ( lysozymes, low pH of stomach and urine)
- Ciliary activity
Inflammatory response occur as what?
Second line defence response to tissue injury or infection
What type of response do we have in 2nd line defence of innate immunity?
Immediate response
What type of specificity of response do we have in 2nd line defence of innate immunity?
Broadly specific
What cells are involved in the 2nd line defence of innate immunity?
Mast cells
Granulocytes- ( neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils)
Monocytes/macrophages
Natural killer cells (NK)
Platelets
Endothelial cells
What is the type of memory in 2nd line of defence in innate immunity?
No memory
What are the active molecules in 2nd line defence of the innate immunity?
Compliments
Clotting factors
Kinnins
Cytokines
What is the process involved in 2nd line defence of innate immunity?
- Vascular response
- Cellular component( mast cells, neutrophils, macrophages)
- Secretory molecules or cytokines
- Activated plasma protein system
What are the 3 lines of human defence from infections and injury
- Innate immunity (natural barrier)
- inflammatory response and
- adaptive(acquired) immunity
What are the physical barriers in innate immunity?
Skin and mucus membranes
List the antibacterial peptide that provide biochemical barriers against pathogens in mucus secretions, perspiration, saliva, tears and other secretions
Cathelicidin
Defensin
Collectins
Mannose binding lectins
What are the functions of commensal and mutualistics organisms that colonize mucus membrane and skin or what are functions of microbiomes
Release chemicals that facilitate immune response
Prevent colonization by pathogens
Facilitate digestion in GI tract
What are the characteristics of inflammatory response
It’s the 2nd line of defence
It’s rapid and non specific
It can only occur in the vascularized tissue