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Lecture 11; immune system pt. 2 Flashcards

1
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What are the jobs of Basophil?

A
  • Target parasites and blood cancer
  • Release histamine to cause inflammation
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What is special about mast cells?

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Reside near skin/mucus membranes

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What are the three types of agranulocytes?

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  1. Monocytes
  2. Dendritic cells
  3. Lymphocytes
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4
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What do monocytes do/become?

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Mature into macrophages

Activate the 3rd line of defense

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Where can you find dendritic cells?

What do they do?

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Patrol portal of entry for invaders.

Help keep immune system in check

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What is the job of Lymphocytes?

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Natural killer: B cells/T cells

Attack microbes and tumors

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B cells and T cells are part of which line of defense?

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Third line of defense

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8
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An increase in these leukocytes indicates:

  • Basophil
  • Monocyte
A
  • Basophil= blood cancer
  • Monocyte=Inflammation
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9
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An increase in Lymphocytes indicates what type of infection?

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Viral infections (if B/T cells)

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What are defense molecules and what do they do?

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Molecules released by leukocytes that;

  1. Recruit more immune cells at site of infection
  2. Inhibit microbe growth
  3. Cause fever and inflammation
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What are the three types of defense molecules?

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  1. Cytokines
  2. Iron-binding proteins
  3. Complement Proteins
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What are the different classes of cytokine molecules?

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  1. Chemokines
  2. Interleukins
  3. Interferons
  4. Tumor Necrosis Factor
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What do chemokines do?

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Induce WBC chemotaxis to recruit immune cells

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What do interleukins do?

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Activate immune cells

Generate fever

Stimulate hematopoiesis

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What are interferons?

What do they do?

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Signal given off by virally infected cells;

  • Warn neighboring cells
  • Kill host cell
  • Signals for help
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16
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What do tumor necrosis factor do?

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Stimulate inflammation and kill tumor cells

17
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What are iron binding proteins?

What are two examples?

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Proteins produced in host to sequester iron.

  1. Lactoferrin
  2. Transferrin
18
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What do pathogenic bacteria produce to counter iron binding proteins?

What is another method for bacteria to gain iron?

A

Siderophores

  • Break down RBC with hemolysis to get iron
19
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What are the complement proteins?

What three things activate them?

A

Inactive proteins made by liver that circulate in blood.

Activated by:

  1. macrophages
  2. Neutrophils
  3. Blood clotting proteins
20
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What are the three different pathways of complement proteins?

  • What are they triggered by?
A
  1. Classical
    1. Antibodies attached to microbe
  2. Alternative
    1. Microbe itself
  3. Lectin
    1. Blood protein
21
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What is the outcome of all three pathways (of complement proteins)?

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  1. Opsonization (tags microbe)
  2. Forms the MAC (drills hole into microbe)
  3. Causes inflammation
22
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What causes inflammation and what does it do?

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Happens when tissue damaged from trauma/infection

  1. Recruit immune cells to site
  2. Limit spread of infection
  3. Deliver oxygen, nutrients, chemicals for recovery
23
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What are the signs of inflammation?

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  1. Redness
  2. Pain
  3. Local heat
  4. Swelling
24
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What are the stages of inflammation?

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  1. Vascular changes
  2. Leukocyte recruitment
  3. Resolution
25
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What happens during vascular changes of inflammation?

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  • Vasodilation/permeability
    • Fluid accumulates in tissue
  • Histamine released by host cell
  • Stimulate pain receptors

(Pain, swelling, and heat)

26
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What happens during the leukocyte recruitment stage of inflammation?

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  • Host cell releases chemoattractants for leukocytes
  • Leukocytes slow doewn in blood vessels and squeeze thru opening to site
27
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What happens during the resolution stage of inflammation?

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  • Blood vessel returns to normal
  • Lymphatic system removes exudate
  • Pus forms (dead cells/tissue)
28
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Why does fever occur?

A

Pyrogen causes release of cytokines, etc…

  • molecule released by microbes

Hypothalamus increases body temp

29
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What is considered:

  1. Low grade fever
  2. High grade fever
  3. Fatal fever
A
  1. Low grade= 99.5-101
  2. High grade= >101
  3. Fatal= 109.4

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