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What is adaptive immunity

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Antigen Specific immunity

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What is innnate immunity

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Non specific immune response that occurs hours within an antigen coming into the body

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Why do we need adaptive immunity

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Protects from repeat infections with the same pathogen . Lack of adaptive immunity can lead to SCID. But have risk of autoimmunity

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Hallmarks of adaptive immunity

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Improves the efficacy of the innate immune response
Focuses a response on the site of infection and the organism responsible
Has memory
Needs time to develop

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Immunological memory is characterised by ….

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A more rapid and heightened immune reaction .

Antigen specific lymphocytes ( B and T ) are the cellular basis

Basis for vaccines

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Two types of adaptive immune response

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T cells and B cells

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T cells

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Cell mediated response .

Produce cytokines to help shape immune response ( CD4)

Kill infected cells (CD8)

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B cell response

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Humoral - produce antibody

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How do T cells recognise pathogens

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Recognise linear epitomes in context of MHC

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How do Antibodies/ pathogen recognise antigens

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Antibodies recognise structural epitopes

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What is an antigen

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Molecules that can induce an adaptive immune response ( mostly protein)

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What is an epitope

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The region of an antigen which the receptor binds to

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Clonal selection

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• Each lymphocyte bears a single, unique receptor
• Interaction between a foreign molecule and that receptor leads to activation
Clonal Selection//Expansion
• Differentiated effector cells of that lineage will bear the same receptor
• Self specific receptors are deleted early in development

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Functional genes from antigen receptors do not exist until they are generated during…..

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Lymphocytes development

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How is B cell diversity created ?

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  • Each BCR receptor chain (kappa, lambda and heavy chain genes) is encoded by separate multigene families on different chromosomes
  • During B cell maturation these gene segments are rearranged and brought together
  • This process is called Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement
  • Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement generates the diversity of the lymphocyte repertoire
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What are the three types of chains on BCR receptors

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Kappa, lambda and heavy chain genes

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How do T cell receptors have diversity

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VCJ rearrangement

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What is the Major histocompatability complex

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Plays a central role in defining self and not self . Presents antigens to T cells and is critical in surgery and donor matching

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MhC1

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All nucleated cells although at various levels. Has a single variable alpha chain plus a common beta microglobulin molecule

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MHC2

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Normally only on professional antigen presenting cells - has 2 chains , alpha and beta

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MHC gene Expression

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It is encoded by HLA genes in humans ( human leukocyte antigen)
Polygenic - 3 Class 1 and Class 2 loci
Expression is codominant so maternal and paternal genes are both expressed

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What class of MHC cell is CD8

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MHC1.

Type= intracellular pathogen/antigen
Processed in cytosol
Present on MHC1
Presented to CD8 T cells

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What class of MHC does CD4 cells bind to

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CD4 binds to B2 domain of MHC class 2. 
Type of pathogen : extra cellular pathogen/antigen 
Processed in endoscopes
Presented on MHC 2 cells 
Presented to CD4 cells
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Different classes of T helper cells and the cytokines they release

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Cytokines have diverse actions on a wide range of cells and cytokines influence the outcome of the immune response

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TfH
Pro antibody | IL 21
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Th 1
``` Pro inflammatory Boost cellular immune response Interferon gamma Tumour necrosis factor IL 12 - fight off virus ```
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T reg ( Th 0)
Anti inflammatory Limit immune response iL 10 and TGF beta
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Th2
Pro allergic Boost multicellular response IL4, IL5, IL13
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Th17
Pro inflammatory Control bacterial and fungal infection IL17, IL23, IL6
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Cytotoxic T cells
* Cytotoxic T cells (CTL) kill their targets by programmed cell death = apoptosis * Apoptosis is characterized by fragmentation of nuclear DNA * CTL store perforin, granzymes, granulysin in cytotoxic granules released after target recognition * Perforin molecules polymerise, form pores
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Apoptosis vs necrosis
Better that cell dies by apoptosis as then the cell contents are not released unlike in necrosis
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How do CD8 cells kill infected cells
1. In uninflected cells, MHC1 molecules show self peptide CD8 scan cells looking for non self MHC Virus infected cell and releases contents Cell now starts making viral proteins Displays theses as non self MHC CD8 cells detect the non self MHC and attacks CD8 cells kill virally infected cells
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What are the 3 core protective roles of antibodies
1. Neutralisation 2. Opsonisation 3. Complement activation
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Neutralisation
Binds active site on viru or bacteria and stops virus entering into host cell
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Opsonisation
Make bacteria more likely to be phagocytosed
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Complement activation
Leads to death of anything antibody is bound to . Antibody activates complement which also enhances opsonisation and loses some bacteria
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Types of antibodies
``` IgG IgM IgA igD IgE ```
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IgG
Highest opsonisation and neutralised activities . Has 4 classes IgG1- IgG4)
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IgM
Produced first upon antigen invasion . Increases transiently
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IgA
Expressed in mucosal tossues and forms dimes after secretions. Less inflammatory than IgG
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IgD
Unknown function
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IgR
Allergy and defence against multicellular organisms
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Where does the specificity of a B cell lie
B cell receptor for antigen
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BCR
BCR have a unique binding site which binds to a portion of the antigen called antigenic determinant or epitope . Is made before the cell ever encounters antigen
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Stimulation of B cells
Naive antigen specific lymphocytes cannot be activated by antigen alone. Naive B cells require accessory signal . 1) accessory signal directly microbial constituents 2) from a T helper cell
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What kind of antigen do B cells bind
Soluble antigen
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How is antibody production by B cells achieved
1) T helper cell - thymus dependent . All IgG classes and memory . This produces antibodies 2) Microbial constituents and thymus independent . Only IgM and no mememory
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Thymus independent antigens
Directly activate B cells without help of T cells. often polysaccharide needs to have a repetitive structure, e.g bacterial surface sugars . The second signal required is provided by a microbial PAMP , LPs
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Activation of B cells by T cells
Membrane bound BCR recognises antigen The receptor bound antigen is internalise and degraded to for, peptides Peptides associate with self molecules ) MHC2) and are expressed on cell surface Complex is recognised by matched CD4 T cell B cell is activates

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