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what are the 2 weapons of the immune system?

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-cells that kill/ingest infected or altered cells (e.g. cytotoxic T cells)
soluble proteins that can neutralize, immobilize, or kill pathogens (e.g. antibodies)

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what is a pathogen?

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a foreign organism

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what are the two types of immunity?

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-innate (nonspecific)
-adaptive (acquired , involves T and B cells)

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what are the two circulatory systems?

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cardiovascular and lymphatic

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what do lymphatic vessels do?

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collect tissue fluid from loose connective tissue, fluid only flows towards the heart

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what are leukocytes?

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multiple types of white blood cells

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what do leukocytes circulate between?

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the blood and lymph

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what do leukocytes include?

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-B cells that make antibodies
-T cells that help B-cells make antibodies
-T cells that can kill virus infected cells

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how do cells of the immune system enter the lymphatic system?

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by squeezing through specialized endothelial cells in lymph nodes (pathogens can enter through here as well)

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what is hematopoiesis?

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the regeneration of blood cells

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from where do blood cells regenerate?

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from the hematopoetic stem cells in the bone marrow

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how can leukocytes be differentiated?

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by the cell surface molecules identified by monoclonal antibodies

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what is CD?

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clusters of differentiation between white blood cells (e.g. clusters of T cells is differentiated by whether they express CD4 or CD8)

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what are monocytes?

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a type of leukocytes/white blood cells that are in the immune system and remove damaged or infected cells

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what do monocytes differentiated/turn into?

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macrophages

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what does the differentiation of monocytes into macrophages involve?

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  • five to ten-fold enlargement in cell size
  • increased complexity and number of intracellular organelles
  • increased phagocytic ability
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what are macrophages?

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long lived (2-4 months), self renewing cells that are the first line of cellular defense against pathogens

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how do macrophages defend against pathogens?

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in an infection they phagocytose pathogen and secrete signals that recruit monocytes that will turn into more macrophages to expand their population

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what do the multiple receptors on a macrophages do and what is the name?

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some can recognize patterns on pathogen surfaces, these patterns are known as PAMPs (pathogen associated molecular patterns)

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what do the PAMPs on pathogens bind to on macrophages?

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they bind to pathogen associated receptors, which then phagocytose the pathogens resulting in the activation of the macrophages

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what are the three examples of PAMP receptors?

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-Scavenger receptors
-Mannose receptors
-Toll-like receptors (TLR)

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what are some other specific receptors?

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-Fc receptors
-Complement receptors

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how are macrophages activated?

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they stay in a rested state until activated by the binding of a pathogen

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what are the two primary functions of macrophages?

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-phagocytosis of degradation of pathogen, after pathogen binds to phagocytic receptors
-activation of signal trasduction pathway that generates inflammatory cytokines, after pathogen binds to signal receptors

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what are cytokines?
substances secreted by cells of the immune system that have an effect on other cells
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what are chemokines?
chemokines are a type of cytokine that induce directed chemotaxis
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what do cytokines do?
induce inflammation at the site of infection so cells can fight germs there
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what presents pathogens to Helper T cells in the context of class II MHC molecules?
macrophages
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how do class II MHC proteins travel in the macrophages to present the antigen to T cells?
pieces of the pathogen end up in the binding site of Class II MHC proteins as the MHC proteins travel to the cell surface of a macrophages by the endomembrane system
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what are neutrophils?
-white blood cells in the imune system that kill pathogens, they do not present antigens -most abundant granulocyte
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where are neutrophils released from?
they are released from bone marrow and circulate blood stream for 7-10 days
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what phagocytoses neutrophils?
macrophages
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what are NETs?
-neutrophil extracellular traps -after a neutrophil has exhausted its ability to phagocytose, it will spit out of a network of extracellular fibres, made of DNA that sticks to pathogens
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what substances are in primary and secondary granules?
lytic and bactericidal substances
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what is leucocytosis?
an increased number of circulating neutrophils which act as an indication of infection
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what do hereditary deficiencies in neutrophil function result in?
an inability to defend against bacterial infections
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what are eosinophils?
a type of white blood cells that kill parasites and microorganisms and help protect from allergens, small abundancy in blood stream
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what are basophils?
a type of white blood cells that release histamin and interleukins to help cause an allergic reaction, low abundancy in blood stream
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what are mast cells?
a type of white blood cells that change upon reacting with histamin and causing an allergic reaction to take place
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what are dendritic cells?
a type of white blood cells that engulph pathogens either by phagocytosis or pinocytosis (bulk phase endocytosis), then they migrate via the afferent lymphatic vessels to the nearest regional lymph nodes
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what do dendritic cells lose when they are in the lymph nodes?
they lose the ability to do phagocytosis, but gain the ability to present antigen to T cells
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what is cross presentation of dendritic cells?
they can present antigens by either using class II MHC or class I MHC proteins, important link between innate and adaptive immune system
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what are natural killer cells?
-a type of white blood cells that are large and lack antigen specific receptors -often the first line of defense against some viruses
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what is the summary of the immune response?
-inflammatory response is initiated by cytokine secretion, causing redness, heat and pain which is needed to contain and eliminate infection - at the same time, signals are being sent to initiate stronger immune response of T and B cells -adaptive response only come into play if innate response cant clear infection
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what are lymphocytes (T and B cells)?
type of white blood cells that are inactive until encountered with antigen, after encounter they become effector cells (have a response for the pathogen)
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what is the B cell antigen receptor (BCR)?
a receptor that is the membrane bound form of an antibody that is secreted from B cells upon activation.
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what is the T cell antigen receptor (TCR)?
receptors that dont recognize free antigens but only antigens binded to MHC molecules on a antigen-presenting cell
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what difference do help T cells and cytotoxic T cells have?
-help T cells have CD4 protein -cytotoxic T cells have CD8 proteins
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what are antigens?
foreign molecules that are recognized by antibodies or receptors
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what is the epitope?
the part of the antigen that binds to antibodies or receptors
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what happens to B cells when activate?
turn into plasma cells that can make antibodies
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what are the antigen presenting cells and what is required for them to present the antigens?
-dendritic cells, macrophages, B-lymphocytes -need to do phagocytosis to present antigens
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what are the 3 types of T cells?
-cytotoxic T cells: have CD8 and kill cells infected with virus -help T cells: have CD4 and help activate macrophages (and B cells and neutrophils), regulate other white blood cell activities -regulatory T cells: supress activity of other lymphocytes and help control immune responses
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what is class I MHC and class II MHC associated with?
-class I MHC is associated with CD8 and found on every nucleated cell -class II MHC is associated with CD4 only found on presenting cells
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what are lymph nodes an example of?
secondary lymphoid organs

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