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4 major classes of pathogens?

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  1. Parasites
  2. Fungi
  3. Bacteria
  4. Virus
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What is the immune system intertwined with?

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Nervous system

Endocrine system

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What types of organisms are characteristics of innate system found in?

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  • Nearly all muticellular organisms

- Plant flies and humans all share aspects of it

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How is the innate system coded for?

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The innate system is hardwired in the germline or organisms

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Function of innate system?

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Sentinel or danger sensing system that can either physically obstruct pathogen entry or direct demise of invader via network of cells

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Key advantage of innate system?

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Instantaneous activation

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Key disadvantage of innate system?

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Lack of ability to precisely target pathogens and limit collateral damage

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Does innate system have memory?

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Not entirely but has ability to train itself for short period of time to maintain heigthened awareness and resist infection

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Advantage of adaptive system?

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Memory & specificity

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Disadvantage of adaptive system?

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Takes more than a week to become fully activated

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What is the first line of innate defense?

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Physical barriers such as the skin and mucosa

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What are defensins?

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Antimicrobial peptides found in skin to ward off infection

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An example of physical barriers going awry?

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Burn victims being helpless against bacterial infection

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Defense strategies of mucosa?

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  1. Mucus that can trap invaders
  2. Constantly beating cilia
  3. Low PH
  4. Hydrolytic enzymes in tears and saliva
  5. Gut flora
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What is special about guy and lung?

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They have developed their own regional immune system with specialized molecules

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How do innate cells detect danger?

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PAMPs - Damage associated molecular patters

DAMPs - Damage associated molecular patters

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Receptors on innate cells?

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PRRs - Patter recognition receptors

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What is another name for innate receptors?

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TLR

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What is the on switch for the innate immune response?

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Activation of TLR is gateway to immune response

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Two pathways of innate system?

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  1. Soluble proteins from liver

2. Immune effector cells

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What is special about mannose?

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  • Found in many bacterial cell walls but rarely in human cell surfaces
  • Mannose binding receptor allows for uptake of these cells via phagocytes
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What is precursor to antibody system?

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Mannose binding system

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Two components of liver protein system?

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  1. Mannose phosphate receptors

2. Complement system

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What is group name for innate cells and where do they come from?

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Leukocytes - come from pluripotents HSCs

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General characteristic of leukocytes?
They are granulated in cytoplasm allowing for lethal oxidation
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Are leukocytes receptors specific?
No. They have no specific memory either
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Other name for neutrophils?
Granulocytes | PMNs - polymorphonuclear leukocytes
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What is most commone leukocytes in peripheral blood?
Neutrophil
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What is final arbitrater or most inflammatory reactions?
Neutrophils
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Describe eosonophils?
- Have specialized granules allowing them to drill holes in larger parasites. - Have devoloped into mediators of allergic reactions - Rare in peripheral blood under normal conditions
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What is a granulcyte?
Neutrophil
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What is a PMN?
Neutrophil
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What cell is the mediator of allergic reaction?
EOS
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What cell can drill hole in pathogen?
EOS
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What is least common leukocyte in peripheral blood?
Mast cells / basophils
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What doe basophils and mast cells do?
- Can act as APCs | - Have granules and receptors important for parasites
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Which system are Macrophages involved in?
Adaptive and innnate
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What is a monocyte?
Precursor to macrophage
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What is the sentinel cell of immune system?
DC
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What cell is repsonsible for activating adaptive system?
DC
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Characteristics of DCs
- Rich in TLRs and activated by DAMPs and PAMPs | - Present in all tissues continuously sampling for danger
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Are NK cells innate or adaptive?
Innate
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Are NK cells leukocytes or lymphocytes?
Lymphocytes
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What are the cells of the innate system?
1. Mast cells / basophils 2. NK cells 3. DCs 4. Macrophages 5. Neutrophils 6. EOS
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Are NK cells specific?
No. Recognize PAMPs and DAMPs
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How does innate system communicate?
Cytokines
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Are cytokines mandatory?
Yes, they are needed for all immune responses
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Characteristics of cytokines?
1. 2 chains from 2 genes 2. Pleitropism 3. Redundancy 4. Act in []s similar to hormones 5. Mediators of cellular communication 6. Can dampen or inhibit responses 7. Ying yang dynamics 8.
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What is humoral immunity?
Antibody mediated
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Another name for adaptive immunity?
Acquired immunity
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What is the evolutionary refinement of PAMP concept?
Specific antigen recognition
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Characteristics of adaptive response?
1. High specificity 2. Conolal expansion 3. Memory
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How does innate intertwine with adaptive?
Innate is gateway and facilitatory or adaptive and final arbitrator of defensive reaction
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Mac/DC role in adaptive?
Uptake and processing of pathogen to display as redflag on surface allerting adaptive response
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What is orchestrator of adaptive response?
Small lymphocyte
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Two groups of adaptive lymphcytes?
1. T cells | 2. B cells
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What do B cells become?
Plasma or memory cells
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Another name for B cell response?
Humoral
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What is major defense against toxins and infections that thrive in extracellular environment?
B cells
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Two T cell functoins?
1. Helper | 2. Cytotoxic
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Another name for T cell process?
Cell mediated immunity
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What is T cell function most helpful with?
Pathogens that hide in host cells
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What instigates B cell differentiation into plasma cells?
B cell bind of specific antigen
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Which system is life not viable without?
Innate
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How are lymphcytes recognized?
CDs - clusters of determination

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