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m9 + 10 lecture - immune system Flashcards

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what does the immune system do?

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  • protects the body from invasion of foreign pathogens
    ex. ) bacteria, viruses, mold, fungi, parasites
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what are the two parts of the immune system?

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1) innate/nonspecific system
- this system is built in and always working to prevent infections
2) adaptive/specific system
- this system needs to be activated and is very specialized in fighting bacteria or viruses

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what is the innate immune system?

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  • built into the body’s nature structure
  • always working against pathogens,
  • provide immediate response
  • usually can take care of a pathogen before it causes a reaction
  • localized in its effect
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what is the first line of defense?

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surface barriers

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aspects of the first line of defense?

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cutaneous membrane (skin)
—-> dead cells create barrier to pathogen
mucus membranes ( nose, mouth, GI tract, urogenital area)
—-> traps debris + pathogens in mucus before they come in contact w/ cells
acid mantle
—-> low pH of the skin, vagina, + stomach destroys most bacteria on the surface
lysozyme
—-> an antibacterial enzyme
—-> secreted by the sebaceoues glands, salivary glands, lacrimal glands + Brunner’s glands

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what is the second line of defense?

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internal innate defenses
- these are activated if the pathogen breaks through the surface barriers

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how does inflammation occur?

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swelling in response to tissue damage or chemical release
- inflammation is caused by histamine
- pain is caused by Bradykinin (both are from basophils/mast cells)

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how do you identify inflammation?

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hyperemia - increased BF to tissues
- heat = inc. BF
- redness = blood accumulation
- swelling = fluid accumulation
- pain = tissue damage
… due to exudate

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what is the reason for inflammation?

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  • isolates the area
  • increases blood flow for healing
  • initiates chemotaxis –> WBC attraction
  • allows entry of clotting proteins, and complement
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what WBC types are phagocytes?

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neutrophils
-acute bacterial infections
macrophages
- chronic bacterial or viral reactions
—> respiratory burst - a process that occurs when cells increase their oxygen consumption and metabolism, and release reactive oxygen species (ROS)

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what are other WBC types?

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mast cells (basophils)
- massive histamine release, allergies (inflammatory response)
natural killer cells (NK) - hybred lymphocyte
- called this because it is always on the lookout
- can recognize cells the immune system can not
- very important in fighting cancer (can dect mutations and kill them before becoming cancerous)
- injects Perforin to cause lysis

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what are the three types leukocyte mobilization?

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  • leukocytosis
  • chemotaxis
  • diapedesis
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what is leukocytosis?

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  • massive production and release of neutrophils from the bone marrow
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what is chemotaxis?

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  • migration of WBCs in response to chemical release
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what is diapedesis?

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  • the movement of WBCs through a vessel wall and tissue cells
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what is complement?

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  • series of plasma proteins
  • works together with all other aspects of the immune system
  • complement fixation - attaches to bacteria
  • opsonization - helps to optimize the immune system
  • lysis - process of breaking down a cell’s membrane, which releases the cell’s contents
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what is an interferon?

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  • released by virally infected cells
  • activates nearby cells WBCs and prevents the spread of the virus
  • types: alpha, beta, gamma
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what are pyrogens?

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  • released by macrophages to stimulate the hypothalamus - to raise body temp.
  • causes elevated temp./ metabolism + a fever
  • its good to destroy bacterial proteins + helps speed up healing
  • feed fevers healthy food, sugars cause food coma for WBCs
  • fever is not dangerous until it reaches 104+/ 106 can be deadly
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what is adaptive immune system? (third line of defense)

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  • activated when exposed to a pathogen
  • called the specific immune system
  • results in immunity from a virus or bacteria
  • is specific for an antigen
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what are the two parts of the adaptive immune system?

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humoral immune response - B cells
- antibodies are released to fight the antigen
cell mediated immune response - T cells
- T cells organize and fight the antigen directly

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what are helper t cells?

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“general” - organizes + makes decisions (by releasing chemicals called cytokines)
- these cells organize the cell mediated response
- w/o these cells there can be no response
- not only stimulate T cells but also B cells to proliferate

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what are cytotoxic T cells?

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  • need to be activated by infection, are specific
  • killers of the cell mediated immune response
  • they can attach to infected T cells or pathogens and inject them with Perforin (causes lysis)
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what are B cells?

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  • used in humoral immune response
  • found in lymph nodes
  • proliferate into plasma cells, which produce antibodies + memory B cells
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what are antigen presenting cells (APCs)?

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“scouts” at intelligence agency (collect info.)
- dendritic cells (mostly macrophages, can be B cells)
- found in lymph nodes, surface membranes, spleen, + liver
- activate helper T cell - releases interleukin 1 ( a chemical communicator)

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what are the types of antigens?
1) MHC antigens 2) complete antigens 3) haptens
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what is an MHC antigen?
- self antigens that WBCs are trained to identify (ex. blood type)
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what are complete antigens?
immunogenicity - its size and shape (antigenic determinants - diff. than self) - it's able to activate the immune system to prod. antibodies reactivity - reacts w/ antibodies and WBCs
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what is immunogenicity?
the ability of a substance to cause an immune response in an organism
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what are haptens?
- half antigens that can react w/ a self protein and cause a reaction (allergies - nonpathogenic objects causing an allergy)
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how do we acquire immunity?
naturally or artificially
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what are the two types of naturally acquired immunity?
active - infection; contact w/ pathogen passive - antibodies pass from mother to fetus via placenta or to infant in her milk
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what are the two types of artificially acquired immunity?
active - vaccine, dead or attenuated pathogens passive - injection of immune serum (gamma globulin)
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what are the four steps in the the primary immune response?
1) antigen challenge 2) proliferation 3) antibody prod./ immobilize + destroy 4) immunological memory: immunity
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how long does the primary immune response take to start?
3-5 days
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what occurs in the antigen challenge? (1st step - primary immune response)
- first encounter w/ an antigen when it is identified as foreign - its antigenic determinants are identified - 3-6 days long
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what occurs in proliferation? (2nd step - primary immune response)
- cells will begin to clone and multiply in great numbers clonal selection - helps to develop specific cells to fight the antigen - activated B and T cells are prod. - memory cells develop which are long lived and prod. immunity
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what occurs in antibody prod./immobilize and destroy? (3rd step - primary immune response)
- helper t cells organize - cytotoxic cells attack the infected cells
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what are plasma cells? antibody prod./immobilize and destroy (3rd step - primary immune response)
- prod. immunoglobulins (antibodies) - short lived - 4 to 5 days large antibody factories - filled w/ rough ER - prod. up to 2000 molecules/sec
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what occurs in immunological memory/immunity? (4th step - primary immune response)
memory cells - B cells, helper T cells, cytotoxic T cells - maintain the antigenic signature of the foreign antigen - are always looking for the antigen to reappear
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what is the secondary immune response?
- is much more aggressive and rapid due to the memory cells - does not require the antigen challenge (antigen's already been identified) - 3 to 5 days for full scale response - each subsequent reaction is 10x more aggressive (reason why bee sting can be fatal the 2nd time)
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what are antibodies?
- called immunoglobulins or Ig - made from looping polypeptide chains - T or Y shaped - prod. by plasma cells ---> appear like a lobster and each has two binding sites, where they can react to an antigen
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what are the antibody classes?
1) IgD 2) IgM 3) IgG 4) IgA 5) IgE
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what is IgD? (antibody class)
- triggers antigen challenge - always attached to a B cell and activates the B cell in a primary exposure
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what is IgM? (antibody class)
- only one to exist as a pentamer - genetically prod. - readily causes agglutination (blood typing reaction) and activates complement
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what is IgG? (antibody class)
- most abundant type - prod. by plasma cells in primary and secondary responses - crosses the placenta to provide passive immunity or may attack the fetus in an Rh reaction
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what is IgA? (antibody class)
- normally a dimer shape - found in bodily secretions: saliva, tears, sweat, milk, and intestinal juice - neutralizes pathogens on the skin
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what is IgE? (antibody class)
- found within the skin and mucus membranes - responsible for causing mast cells to release massive amts. of histamine (allergies can be made worse from this)
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what are the actions of antibodies?
- opsonization ("optimizes" - process by which pathogens are marked for destruction by phagocytes) - neutralizes the pathogen - activates complement
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what are immunodeficiencies?
- diagnosed as a problem in the effectiveness of the immune system - specifically WBCs ex.) SCID - severe combined immunodeficiency AIDS - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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what is SCID?
- missing B cells - a genetic defect that effects the lymphocytes - the child has very little protection against disease
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what is AIDS?
- caused by the HIV virus - advanced version - this retro-virus attacks the Helper T cells and inactivates the cell mediated system - the virus multiplies in the lymph nodes and will steadily eliminate the memory cells from the system - normally death is caused by pneumococcus Carini - leading killer of people 25 to 44
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what are the types of immunosuppression?
stress induced - cortisol = Cushing's syndrome drug induced - Rhogam (Rh+) - chemotherapy
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what are autoimmune diseases?
- a hyperactivity of the immune system, where the body's cells "look" foreign examples: - multiple sclerosis, juvenile diabetes (type 1), rheumatoid arthritis, myasthenia gravis, lupus causes: - age - ineffective programming of lymphocytes - new self antigens appear as mutations - foreign antigens look like self antigens

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