Lecture 13 Ch. 10 Flashcards
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Specific T cells are made by the immune system “____”
On demand
Approximately 1 in 10^__ T cells has a specific TCR that can recognize a given pathogen.
6
The T cell whose TCR recognizes a given invader does what?
becomes mobilized and activated
Over __-__% of T cells in the circulation have αβ TCRs
90-95
The α/β TCRs recognize (bind to) peptides presented within what?
The MHC molecules and the MHC itself
α/β TCRs also express either ____ or ____ co-receptors.
CD4 or CD8
Ag recognition involves what?
clustering of TCRs
Activation of T cells is initiated by what?
A signaling cascade after TCRs (at least two) recognize specific Ag.
The α and β chains have only a very short _____ _____.
Intracellular domain
Signaling is mediated by other proteins comprising _____ _____.
TCR complex
What have cytoplasmic tail that is long enough to signal?
CD3 proteins γ, δ, ε, and ζ
What is needed to activate a T cell?
TCR, CD4 or CD8, and CD3
CD3 is a marker for counting total numbers of what?
T cells (CD4+ CD8 T cells)
Langerhans’ cells are immature DCs which do not express what?
High levels of B7
Activated DC can “interview” how many naive T cells per hour?
500
Langerhans’ cells enter the lymph node to become what?
Dendritic cells expressing B7
B7-positive dentritic cells stimulate what?
Naive T cells
When the TCR is engaged and activated T cell, what must happen to the T cell?
T cell must receive a co-stimulatory signal
What co-stimulatory molecules are expressed on professional APC?
B7 proteins (CD80/CD86)
B7 molecules plug into what?
CD28 receptor expressed on T cells
Co-stimulation can be considered as what?
an amplifier that improves the signal
With co-stimulation, ~_____-____ fewer of clustered TCRs are needed for activation
100-fold
After activation is completed, what happens to the T helper cell and APC?
They are separated.
After APC activates a T cell it goes on to do what?
Activate other T cells