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Third Line Defenses (75 cards)

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Two Important Adaptive Immunity Characterisitcs

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Pathogen specific and memory based.

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Cellular Immunity

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  • Mediated by T-cells

- Target and kills cells infected and intracellular pathogen

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Humoral Immunity

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  • Antibodies produced by B-cells

- Target extracellular pathogens

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Immune Cell Development

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Lymphoid Stem Cell&raquo_space; Small Lymphocyte&raquo_space; T-Cell / B-Cell (latter goes into plasma cells)

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Cells Involved in Adaptive Immunity Activation (6)

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  1. Macrophage and dendritic cells
  2. Collectors and informers
  3. Helper T-cells
  4. Cytotoxic T-Cells
  5. B-Cells
  6. Memory B & T-Cells
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Collectors & Informers

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  • ingest and kill microbes
  • antigen presenting and processing
  • activation of adaptive immunity
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Helper T-Cells

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  • Central Orchestrators of humoral and cellular immunity
  • CD4 markers on surface
  • Direct adaptive immunity
  • Interact with APCs using MHCII
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Cytotoxic T-Cells

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  • Assassins
  • CD8 markers on surface
  • Discriminately kill infect host cells (intracellular pathogens)
  • Interact with infected cells using MHCI
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B-Cells

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  • Antibody factories

- Humoral immunity

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Memory Cells

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  • Provide long term immunity

- Programmed for faster and stronger reactions

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Antigens

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  • Antibody Generator
  • Activates specific adaptive immunity
  • Different from PAMP (specificity)
  • Also known as immunogens
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Bacterial examples of Antigens

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Capsule, fimbriae, flagella, LPS, cell wall, toxins

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Viral Examples of Antigens

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Capsid, spikes, envelopes

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Epitopes

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Smallest “recognizable” part of antigen that reacts with T-cells and antibodies. Each antigen has multiple epitopes on it.

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Antigenicity Factors (3)

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  1. Molecular class
  2. Shape
  3. Size
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Molecular Class + Antigenicity

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  • Proteins = most antigenic
  • Carbs = least antigenic
  • Lipids/nucleic acids = not antigenic usually
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Shapes + Antigenicity

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  • 3D shape = important

- Provides epitopes

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Size + Antigenicity

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  • Larger molecules = more antigenic

- Haplens = too small to be antigenic on their own

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Proteins + Antigenicity

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Ex: fimbriae, flagella

  • Cellular and humoral response
  • Longest lasting immune response
  • Programmed memory
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Carbohydrates + Antigenicity

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Ex: Capsule

  • Only humoral response
  • Weaker and shorter immune response
  • Lacks programmed memory
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Lymphocyte Receptors

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-Surface molecules that bind antigen epitopes
-Provide specificity of immune response
Ex: B-Cell and T-Cell receptors

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B-Cell Receptors

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  • Recognize many molecule types
  • Soluble or pathogen-associated
  • Doesn’t undergo phagocytosis, internalizes epitopes after they bind to B-cell receptors
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T-Cell Receptors

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  • Recognize proteins only

- Require antigen presentation

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Major Hisocompatibility Complex

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  • Aka MHC, examples = MHC I & MHC II
  • Cell surface glycoprotein molecules
  • On surface of all nucleated cells
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MHC I
- All nucleated cells have it - Presents normal, abnormal, and foreign antigens - Presents to cytotoxic T-cells and NK cells
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MHC II
- Macrophages, dendritic cells, & B-Cells has receptor - Presents only abnormal or foreign antigens - Presents to helper T-cells
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Antigen Presenting Cells
- All nucleated cells present antigens with MHC-I - Professional phagocytes = macrophages, dendritic cels - APCs present with MHC II to activate helper T-Cells
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T-Cell Production
- Produced from multi-potent stem cell | - Differentiate into lymphoblasts in red marrow
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T-Cell Maturation
- Lymphoblasts enter blood stream - Travel to thymus for maturation over 3 phases - Immature in thymus = thymocytes
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Phase I T-Cell Maturation
- Negative selection against thymocytes with defective T-cell receptor (TCR) - Forces apoptosis to occur (programmed cell death)
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Phase II T-Cell Maturation
- Positive selection for MHC interactions - Thymocytes that interact with MHC appropriate receive positive signals to move though maturation stages - Thymocytes that interact inappropriately are not stimulated and die through apoptosis
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Phase III T-Cell Maturation
- Occurs in cortex and medulla - Negative selection to remove self-reacting thymocytes through apoptosis - Referred to central tolerance - minimizes T-Cells in peripheral blood and tissues that would cause autoimmunity
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Peripheral Tolerance
Mechanisms to catch missed self-reacting T-cells
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Results of Thymic Selection
- 2% of thymocytes allow to make and enter blood stream lymphatic system - Travel to secondary lymphatic tissues (tonsils, spleen, lymph nodes) and await to by activated by APCs
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Diversity of T-Cell Receptors
- need diversity of receptors to have different epitope recognizers - need to recognize different parts or types of bacteria and viruses - different regions of receptor have different coding possibilities to make up the receptor diversity
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Types of T-Cells
* *1. Helper 2. Regulator * *3. Cytotoxic * *Focus on these**
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Regulatory T-Cell
Have CD4. Interact with APCs with MHCII. Act on peripheral tolerance.
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Activation of Helper T-Cells
- Naive Helper T-Cells interact with APC which activate the helper cell - CD4 on Helper T-Cell anchors the MHCII in place - Proliferates and differentiates into TH1, TH2, and memory helper T-Cells
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TH1 Functions
- Stimulate Cytotoxic T-Cells to kill more effectively - Stimulates memory CTC production - Stimulates macrophages and PMNs to kill more effectively - Stimulates NK cells to kill more effectively
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TH2 Functions
- Stimulate B cell differentiation into plasma and memory cells - Direct antibody class switching in B cells
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TH17 Function
Stimulate immunity to chronic mucocuntaneous candidiasis
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Memory TH Functions
- Remember specific pathogens | - Programmed to respond faster and stronger to pathogens that are encountered again
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Activation of Cytotoxic T Cells
- Naive cytotoxic T-Cells interact with MHCI on infected cells, CD8 anchors in the interaction - Cycotoxic T-Cell is then activated and releases perforins and granzymes - Release of these cytotoxins can a controlled destruction of the infected cell via apoptosis
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Perforins
Create membrane pores in infected cells
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Granzymes
Enzymes that enter the infected cell and induce apoptosis.
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Do Cytotoxic T-Cells and NK Cells have the same mechanism of killing?
Yes.
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Do Cytotoxic T-Cells and NK cells have the same role in protection?
No.
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Superantigens
- Bacterial or viral proteins that stay locked onto T-Cells - Create a non-specific bridge between TCR & MHCII - Leads to uncontrolled, excessive activation of Helper T-Cells
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Cytokine Storm
What occurs when superantigens bind to Helper T-cells. Causes high fever, circulatory collapse, lowered blood pressure, shock, and death.
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Production/Maturation of B-Cells
- produced in bone marrow like T-Cells - Also mature in bone marrow, unlike T-Cells - Cell that pass selection travel to spleen for final maturation
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Selection Process of B Cells
- Positive Selection - cells with functional receptor - Negative selection - against self-reacting cells, causes them to undergo apoptosis, receptor editing, or induction of anergy.
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T Cell Receptors V.S. B Cell Receptors
T-Cell 1. Antigen presented by APC 2. Protein Antigens B-Cell 1. Free antigen OR antigen on intact pathogen 2. Can be carbohydrate, lipid, or protein
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Antibody Functions (5)
1. Complement activation 2. Neutralization 3. Agglutination 4. Opsonization 5. ADCC
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Antibodies + Complement Activation
Activates protein cascade that leads to increased inflammation, opsonization, and cytosis
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Antibodies + Neutralization
Antibodies bind to parts of the pathogen that causes it to lose its ability to bind, move, etc.
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Antibodies + Agglutination
Causes pathogens or foreign cells to be grouped together and more easily undergo phagocytosis
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Antibodies + Opsonization
Binding to pathogen can opsonize it for better binding to macrophage receptors to undergo phagocytosis.
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Antibodies + ADCC
Aka Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity Binds to pathogen to increase its binding to NK cells that will kill it with cytotoxins.
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B-Cell Activation Types (2)
1. T-Cell Dependent | 2. T-Cell Independent
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T-Cell Dependent Activation
- Protein antigens - Requires presentation of epitope to Helper T-Cell or B-Cell - Diversity of antibody classes - Strongest, longest, and memory immunity
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T-Cell Independent Activation
- Carbohydrate, lipid, etc antigens - No T-Cell Involvement - Almost exclusively produced IgM antibodies - Weaker, shorter, and no memory immunity
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T-Cell Dependent Activation Process
B-Cell interacts with T-cell to release cytokines and then undergoes clonal expansion into memory and plasma cells. The latter makes antibodies, most commonly IgG
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T-Cell Independent Activation Process
B-Cell interacts with pathogen cell on its own and is activated. Then releases mostly IgM antibodies.
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Antibody Class Switching
- Directed by TH2 cells (T-Cell Dependent) - Cytokines tell activated B-Cells to switch antibody classes based on needs - Only changes the CONSTANT region, the antibody specificity/affinity is untouched
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Mechanisms of Acquiring Immunity (4)
1. Passive Natural - antibodies through breast milk or placenta 2. Passive Artificial - Antibodies given through IV or injection that are harvested from humans or other animals 3. Active Natural - gained through illness and recovery 4. Active Artificial - gained via vaccines
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Live, Attenuated Vaccines Advantages
- Multiply within host, more natural exposure - Stimulates both cellular and humoral immunity - May be life-long immunity from memory - Use smaller doses with no boosters - Spreads to others for "herd" immunity
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Live, Attenuated Vaccines Disadvantages
- Preparations may be unstable, hard to store, hard to transport - Risk of serious infections in immuno-compromised individuals - Risks a reversion to virulent form
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Inactived Vaccines Advantages
- Stable over longer period of time - Easier to transport - No active disease in immuno-compromised - Can't revert to virulent form
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Inactivated Vaccines Disadvantages
- Larger and multiple doses - Increases risks of side effects - ONLY humoral defense, no cellular
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Acellular/Subunit Vaccines
- Purified key antigens from pathogens - Acellular = bacterial - Subunit = viral
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Acellular/Subunit Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages -Side effects are less likely Disadvantages - Activation of adaptive immunity may be weaker - Immunity may be shorter
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Toxoid Vaccines Definition/Advantages/Disadvantages
Inactivated bacterial toxins Advantages - Side effects are less likely - Humoral immunity used to neutralize toxins Disadvantages - Doesn't prevent bacterial infection - Similar for subunit vaccines
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Conjugate Vaccines Definition/Advantages/Disadvantages
Capsule polysaccharide conjugated to proteins Advantages - T-Cell dependent response to carbohydrate - Immune response in young children achieved Disadvantages - Costly to produce - No Protection against antigenic variation
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DNA Vaccines
- Cells take up naked DNA - Display foreign antigens with MHCI - Secrete antigens - Well rounded response
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Vector Vaccines
- Attenuated virus introduces genes | - Attenuated bacteria express genes for virulence

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