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Module 3: Immunological system Flashcards

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What are the major cells in the 1st line of defence (barrier)?

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Epithelial cells and microbiome

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What are the major cells involved in the 2nd line of defence (innate immunity)?

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Mast cells, neutrophils, macrophages, NK cells

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What are the major cells involved in the 3rd line of defence (adaptive immunity)?

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Dendritic cells, T & B lymphocytes

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What are the chemical mediators involved in the 1st line of defence (barrier)?

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Defensins, cathelicidins and bacterial toxins

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What are the chemical mediators involved in the 2nd line of defence (innate immunity)?

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Complement proteins, cytokines, kinin & clotting factors

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What are the chemical mediators involved in the 3rd line of defence (adaptive immunity)?

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antibodies, complement proteins and cytokines

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What is the role of defensins?

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Break bacterial membranes. Can activate innate and adaptive immune cells

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What is the role of cathelicidins?

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Insert and form pores in bacterial membrane. Released by many epithelial cells

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What are the benefits of mutualistic bacteria and fungi?

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  • Producing enzymes that aid in digestion, useful metabolites (vit K/B), and antibacterial factors to prevent infection
  • Compete with pathogens for nutrients and space to grow
  • Helps train the adaptive immune system
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What are the 4 major benefits of inflammation?

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1: prevents further damage and infection by invading pathogen
2: prevent the inflammatory process from reaching healthy sites
3: coordinates with the adaptive system
4: prepares the injured area for healing and repair

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What are the 5 cardinals signs to local inflammation?

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Redness, swelling, heat, pain and partial loss of function

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What are the systemic manifestations of inflammation?

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Fever, leukocytosis and plasma protein synthesis

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What triggers fever?

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Pyrogens (IL-1)

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What is leukocytosis?

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An increase in circulating white blood cells due to an inflammation response

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What triggers plasma protein synthesis?

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IL-6

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Where are plasma proteins mostly synthetised?

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In the liver

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Name 3 acute-phase reactants in the plasma protein synthesis.

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Fibrinogen, Complements and C-reactive protein (CRP)

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What is the role of mast cells?

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Once they are activated by other chemicals or antibodies, they degranulate and release histamine into the bloodstream, which promotes vasodilation. they also attract neutrophils with a neutrophil chemotactic factor. they release cytokines that promote inflammation

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What are cytokines?

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Small intercellular signalling molecules, either pro or anti-inflammatory

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What are interlukins? (IL)

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  • Major class of cytokines, mainly produced by macrophages
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What are interferons? (IFN)

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  • Family of cytokines specifically efficient against viral infections
  • IFN a&b released by infected cells
  • IFN-y released by lymphocytes
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What are chemokines?

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Cytokines that specifically act as honing signals, attracting immune cells to sites of injury (chemotaxis)

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What is the main action of TNF-a?

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  • Pro-inflammatory
  • Systemic inflammation manifestations
  • Synthesis and release of IL-1
  • Potentially fatal if released in excessive amounts = sepsis
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What is the main action of IL-1?

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  • Pro-inflammatory
  • endogenous pyrogen = fever
  • activation of neutrophils, macrophages, lymphocytes
  • diapedesis of phagocytes
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What is the main action of IL-6?
- Pro-inflammatory - Stimulate the liver to synthesize acute-phase reactants - proliferation of fibroblasts for wound healing
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What is the main action of IL-8?
- Pro-inflammatory - Chemotaxis
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What is the main action of IL-10?
- Anti-inflammatory - Down-regulates the immune response
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What is the role of TGF-b?
- Anti-inflammatory - promote blood cell maturation to replenish used up cells
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What are the 3 activation pathways for the complement system?
- Classical - Alternative - Lectin
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What are the 2 activation pathways for the clotting system?
- Tissue factor (extrinsic) - Contact (intrinsic)
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What are the functions of the kinin system?
- Activates and assists inflammatory cells - Primary kinin is bradykinin - Causes the following: dilation of blood vessels, smooth muscle contraction, induces pain, increases vascular permeability
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What are neutrophils?
- most common WBC - first one on site of injury - pus/exudate = dead pathogens and neutrophils
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What are macrophages?
- most efficient and resistant phagocytes M1= bacterial cleaning M2 = wound healing/cleaning/repair - adaptive immunity activation
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What tells NK cells that they can attack a cell?
If it does not have the MHC-1 expression
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After how much time do you consider inflammation to be chronic?
After more than 2 weeks
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Define regeneration
replacement of injured tissue with healthy tissue. its the return to normal structure and function (healing with 1st intention)
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Define repair
replacement of damaged tissue with scar tissue to fill in a lesion and restore strength. causes partial loss of function (healing with 2nd intention)
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What is the result of dysfunctional collagen synthesis?
Keloids and hypertrophic scars
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What is the result of ischemia in wound healing?
small vessel disease (obesity & diabetes)
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What is the result of excessive bleeding during wound healing?
vascular diseases / hemophilia
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What is the result of infection during wound healing?
prolonged inflammatory response
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What is the result of malnutrition during wound healing?
scurvy = poor collagen synthesis
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What drugs can increase the chances of wound healing dysfunctions?
Immunosuppressants, steroids & NSAIDs / tobacco smoke
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What is the role of IgM?
main antibody during primary response
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What is the specialty of IgD?
is mostly membrane-bound
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What is the role of IgG?
main antibody for secondary response
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What is the role of IgA?
main antibody for secretory immune system
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What is the role of IgE?
main antibody against worms/large parasites. main culprit of allergic reactions
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Which cells are associated with cellular immunity?
TNF-b, IL-2 and INF-y
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Which cells are associated with the humoral response?
IL-4, IL-5, IL-6
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Which cells are involved in inflammation?
IL-17, IL-21, IL-22
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Which cells are involved in the suppressed immune response?
TGF-b and IL-2
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Which T-helper activation is used for the humoral response?
Th2
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Which T-helper activation is used for the cell-mediated response?
Th1
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Which lymphocyte is used for the humoral response?
B-cells (plasma cells)
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Which lymphocyte is used for the cell-mediated response?
T-cells (CD8 and cytotoxic T-cells)
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What is the main mechanism of the humoral response?
Antibody secretion
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What is the main mechanism of the cell-mediated response?
activation of cell death mechanisms
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What is the humoral response most effective against?
Extracellular pathogens (bacteria, viruses (pre-entry), parasites and worms
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What is the cell-mediated response most effective against?
Intracellular pathogens (viruses (post-entry) or cancer surveillance
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What results in a B-cell deficiency?
decrease in circulating Ig, increase in susceptibility to infections
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What results in a T-cell deficiency?
DiGeorge syndrome (lack of thymus) chronic candidiasis
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Name the mechanism in every type of hypersensitivity reaction
1: IgE-Mediated 2: Tissue-specific 3: immune complex-mediated 4: cell-mediated
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What allergy/environmental antigens could trigger hypersensitivity reactions?
1: hay fever, bee stings and asthma 2: drug-induced hemolysis 3: Celiac's disease 4: Poison Ivy
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What autoimmunity/self-antigen can trigger hypersensitivity reactions?
1: none 2: hemolytic anemia 3: systemic lupus erythematosus 4: Hashimoto's disease
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What alloimmunity (other human's antigen) can trigger hypersensitivity reactions?
1: none 2: hemolytic anemia 3: anaphylaxis to IaG 4: graft rejection
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Most auto-immune disorders affect more males or females?
Females because of frequent genetic predispositions
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Which Igs are involved in each hypersensitivity reaction?
1: IgE 2: IgG and IgM 3: IgG and IgM 4: none
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What are the major effector cells in each hypersensitivity reaction?
1: mast cells 2: tissue macrophages 3: neutrophils 4: lymphocytes and macrophages
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What are the major symptoms of SLE?
- Vasculitis - Kidney glomerulonephritis - arthritis - photosensitivity (discoid rash)
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What causes graft transplant rejection (GvHD)?
genetic variability in MHC proteins (haplotype)
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What are the characteristics of hyperacute GvHD?
- immediate and rare - graft turns white - preexisting antibodies to HLA antigens - type II hypersensitivity
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What are the characteristics of acute GvHD?
- days to months - cell-mediated (type IV) - more common
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What are the characteristics of chronic GvHD?
- months to years - progressive organ failure - weaker delayed type IV hypersensitivity
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Explain the details of the portal of entry infection property
route of transmission (inhalation, ingestion, human or zoonotic contact)
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Explain the details of the communicability infection property
ability of the microorganism to spread between individuals. depends heavily on portal of entry (measles=high, HIV=low)
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Explain the details of the infectivity infection property
ability of pathogens to invade and multiply within host (herpes simplex virus immune evasion)
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Explain the details of the virulence infection property
the ability of viruses to cause severe disease( measles=low, ebola=high)
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Explain the details of the toxigenicity infection property
the ability of bacteria and parasites to cause severe disease via the production of exotoxins and endotoxins
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Explain the details of the pathogenicity infection property
the overall ability of pathogen to produce an infectious disease based on its communicability, infectivity & virulence/toxigenicity
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What is an antigenic drift?
minor gradual changes via mutation accumulation
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What is antigenic shift?
major sudden transformation via the exchange of whole genetic segments
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