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Name three distinctive features of the mucosal immune system

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  • Anatomical feature
  • Effector mechanism
  • Immunoregulatory environment
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Where can you find mucosal tissue?

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Lung and gut

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Where can you find epithelial tissues?

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  • Lung
  • Gut
  • Vagina
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Name three anatomical features of the mucosal immune system

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  • Interaction mucosal epithelia and lymphoid tissue
  • Discrete compartments lymphoid tissue/organized structures such as PP
  • Specialized antigen-uptake mechanisms
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What is special about the lymph nodes in the gut?

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Lymph nodes are quite far out–> cells have to travel far

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What is an example of the specialized antigen-uptake in the gut?

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M cells –> allow for selective uptake of antigens

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Name two effector mechanisms of the mucosal immune system

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  • Activated/memory T cells predominate even without infection
  • Memory T cells have a slightly more activated phenotype
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Name two examples of the immunoregulatory environment of the mucosal immune system

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  • Active down regulation of immune responses predominates
  • Inhibitory macrophages and tolerance inducing DCs
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Why do the memory T cells have a slightly more activated phenotype?

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Lamina Propria is full of memory cells, which are needed to respond to the exterior

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What is the function of Tregs?

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Maintaining tolerance to harmless exogenous antigens

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Name the intestinal segments of the small intestine

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  • Stomach
  • Duodenum
  • Jejunum
  • Ileum
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What is the function of the stomach?

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Stores, stirs and mixes food with gastric juices it secretes before emptying it into the duodenum

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What is the function of the duodenum?

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Anterior section of small intestine; secretions from liver and pancreas are added

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What is the function of the jejunum?

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Middle section of small intestine; majority of nutrients are absorbed here

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What is the ileum?

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Terminal part of small intestine

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What are the intestinal segments of the colon?

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  • Cecum
  • Vermiform appendix
  • Ascending colon
  • Transverse colon
  • Descending colon
  • Sigmoid colon
  • Rectum
  • Anus
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What is the function of the cecum?

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Anterior part of the large intestine, receives food particles from the ileum

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How is the gastric acid from the stomach neutralized in the duodenum?

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By glands that make alkaline substances

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What is the function of the vermiform appendix?

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Tubular extension of the cecum; blinde darm

Vermiform appendix doesn’t really serve a purpose anymore

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What is the function of the ascending colon?

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First segment of the colon; absorbs water from food residues before it is secreted

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What is the function of the transverse colon?

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Second segment of the colon. Right colon mainly enables absorption of water

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Which segments of the colon form the right colon?

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  • Ascending colon
  • 1/2 of the transverse colon
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What is the function of the descending colon?

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Third segment of the colon; stores waste before elimination

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What is the function of the sigmoid colon?

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Fourth segment of the colon; carrier waste to rectum

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What is the rectum?
Terminal section of large intestine preceding the anus
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What is the function of the anus?
Terminal orifice of the digestive tube controlled by a sphincter enabling ejection of fecal matter
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Which parts of the colon are involved in excretion of fecal matter?
- Sigmoid colon - Rectum
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What is the function of tight junctions in the gut?
Zipper between cells to make sure there is really a barrier to the exterior
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Where are the majority of the nutrients absorbed in the intestine?
Jejunum
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Where can we find the lymphoid structures in the gut?
Peyers Patches
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Where are the Peyers Patches situated?
Directly underneath the epithelium
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How do DCs and T- and B cells interact with each other in the Peyers Patches?
DCs migrate to T cell area within the patch to initiate a T cell response and subsequently a B cell response in the B cell area
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What makes Peyers patches different from colonic patches?
PP have an organized structure of T- and B cell areas
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Which immune cells are present in the other parts of the lamina propria?
Memory T- and B cells, macrophages, monocytes and DCs
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Why are the immune cells in the lamina propria of the different parts of the intestine different from each other?
They are adapted to the sight they are in
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What does IEL mean?
Intra-epithelial lymphocytes
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Where are IEL situated?
In between the epithelial cells of the small intestine
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What is the function of IEL?
Barrier function of the epithelium
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Where do the lymphatics of the lamina propria drain to?
Mesenteric LNs
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Will all the mucosal tissue see the same type of antigen?
No.
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What type of antigens travel through the small intestine?
- Food proteins - Bacteria
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What can said about the overall bacterial load and diversity of bacteria in the small intestine?
Both are lower
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What type of antigens travel through the large intestine?
Bacteria
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Which part of the small intestine already contains a higher bacterial load and increased diversity?
Ileum
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Which part of the intestine contains the highest bacterial load and diversity?
Colon
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Histology: characteristics of the duodenum (2)
- High leaf-like villi - Brunner glands in submucosae
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What is the function of these Brunner glands?
Anti-acid function
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Histology: characteristics of the jejunum (4)
-High folds - High villi that decrease in height closer to the ileum - Crypts become deeper closer to the ileum - No glands
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Histology: characteristics of the ileum (3)
- Fewer to no folds - Villi decrease in length - Increasing lymphoid tissue
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Histology: characteristics of the colon (4)
- No folds - No villi - Deep crypts - Lymphoid follicles
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Why do we have high leaf-like villi and folds in the duodenum and part of the jejunum?
Surface enlargement for nutrient uptake
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Why does the colon not have villi?
No surface enlargement is needed
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Why do you need muscle in the intestine?
Peristaltic movement
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How long does regeneration from crypt to tip of the villus take?
36h
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How long does it take to renew the epithelium of the whole GI-tract?
2-4 days
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To what does the term 'lamina propria' refer to?
All the tissue that's under the epithelial layer except for the PP
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What are crypts?
Basis of where the villus starts to form (sites where you have the stem cells of the epithelium)
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Why do we have microvilli?
To avoid direct attachment of bacteria to the epithelium
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True or false: "If you don't see regularity of the crypts , something is totally off in the intestine"
True. The crypts need to be very well organized in the colon
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What is happening in the colon if you don't see regularity of the crypts?
Tissue distruction
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What are the subtypes of the epithelial cells in the intestine? (2)
- Goblet cells - Paneth cells
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Where can you find paneth cells?
Only in the small intestinal crypts
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Whatis the function of goblet cells?
Mucus production
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What structure can be found in paneth cells and what is their function?
Granules filled with anti-microbial substances --> keep the crypt clean of bacteria
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What is an unique feature of paneth cells opposed to other epithelial cells?
Paneth cells can sense what is seen to activate TLR/PRR if it can't get rid of it itself
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What tissues are included in GALT?
Tissue directly under the epithelium: - Peyers patch - Colonic patch - Isolate lymphoid follicles
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Do mesenteric LNs fall under the associated-lymph node tissue nomenclature?
No. They are just lymph nodes
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What is the function of the dome area in the PP?
Contains the DCs, picks up antigens --> migration to the T cell area
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Which cells are mainly present in the dome area of the PP?
Phagocytes, DCs
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What is meant with 'regional adaptation of lymph nodes'?
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