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What is rheumatoid arthritis?

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Chronic joint inflammation in the synovium that can result in joint damage

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What are the main autoantibodies of rheumatoid arthritis?

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Rheumatoid factor

Anti-cyclin citrullinated peptide (Anti CCP antibodis0

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What is ankylosing spondylitis?

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Chronic spinal inflammation in the enthesis that can result in spinal fusion and deformity

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What is the enthesis?

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Where a ligament inserts to the bone

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How does ankylosing spondylitis tend to present?

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Spontaneously but it’s associated with a strong genetic predisposition

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Where are enthuse found in the spine?

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Between the vertebrae- in the annulus fibrosis, entheses join it to the bone above and bone below

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What is the normal structure of an intervertebral disc?

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They have a soft nucleus pulpous and tough fibrous annulus fibrosus around the outside

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What can the inflammation between the vertebral bodies lead to if untreated?

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Calcified fusion of the vertebrae

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What are ankylosing spondylitis cases often referred to as?

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Seronegative spondyloarthropathies

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Why are they seronegative?

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There are no autoantibodies

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What is systemic lupous erythematous (SLE)

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Chronic tissue inflammation (of sterile tissue- not infected) in the presence of auto-antibodies

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How do the autoantibodies lead to inflammation in SLE?

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They activate the complement via the classical pathway- inflammatory cells have Fc receptors so if autoantibodies are mobilised on these, you can trigger inflammation

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Why do you see widespread inflammation in SLE?

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Formation of immune complexes doesn’t immediately indicate that one particular part of the body is inflamed

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In lupus you get widespread organ inflammation but which organs are commonly affected?

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Skin and kidneys

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What autoantibodies is lupus associated with?

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Antinuclear antibodies

Antidouble stranded DNA antibodies

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What family of diseases does lupus belong to?

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Connective tissue diseases

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What does Sjogrens syndrome attack?

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Exocrine glands

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For the aforementioned autoimmune diseases, where are the strongest genetic associations within?

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Within the MHC which is encoded by the HLA gene locus

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What does MHC class 1 have a genetic association with?

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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What does MHC class II have a genetic association with?

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Rheumatoid arthritis and SLE

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What is the MHC molecule responsible for?

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Antigen presentation

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Which T cells recognise antigens presented by MHC class I?

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CD8+ T cells- cell killing

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Which T cells recognise antigens presented by MHC class II?

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CD4+ T cells- antibody response

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Why is MHC so important in antigen recognition?

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T cells can only see an antigen when it’s being presented by MHC

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What happens in regards to MHC in an autoimmune disease?
You get self antigen binding to the MHC molecule and it's able to trigger an immune reaction
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What HLA is involved in ankylosing spondylitis?
HLA-B27- it allows the binding of some sort of antigen and triggering of class 1 response
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When rats were made to express HLA-B27, what happened?
Ankylosing spondylitis type effects
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What was thought to be the reason for ankylosing spondylitis type effects in the rats?
Interactions between CD8+ T cells and HLA-B27 molecules
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Why was the theory about CD8+ T cells proved wrong?
Experiment was repeated but CD8+ T cells were removed and rats still showed disease so ankylosing spondylitis is independent of CD8+ T cells
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What new theory was suggest for the link between HLA-B27 and ankylosing spondylitis?
HLA-B27 has a propensity to misfold which causes cellular stress that triggers IL-23 release and triggers IL-17 production by: Adaptive immune cells e.g. CD4+ and innate immune cells e.g. CD4- and CD8-
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Why don't you get inflammation everywhere in ankylosing spondylitis?
Chemical stress is more likely to occur in innate immune cells and these innate cells are present in entheses
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What are antinuclear antibodies?
Directed against the nucleus
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What is the amount of autoantibodies used for?
To give an estimate of the severity of disease
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How many nuclear antigens are there that react with anti-nuclear antibodies in lupus and what does this mean?
<100 nuclear antigens of a huge number so lupus ANAs only react with relatively few
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How is the presence of autoantibodies detected?
By permeabilising cells on a glass slide to allow entry of autoantibodies The patient's serum is then placed over the cells and if there are antinuclear antibodies, they will bind to the nucleus and can be detected by fluorescence
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What are the complement levels and serum levels of anti-ds-DNA antibodies like in a lupus patient?
Low complement | High serum levels of anti-ds-DNA antibodies
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What does apoptosis normally cause in terms of antigens?
Apoptosis results in translocation of certain nuclear antigens to surface of apoptotic cell so nuclear antigens are accessible to immune response
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What happens in lupus in terms of apoptotic cells?
They aren't cleared normally so this impaired clearance enables abnormal presentation to the immune system and the immune response is amplified through B cells
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What is biological therapy?
Manipulation of cytokines and switching them off by using monoclonal antibodies
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What cytokines are there and what effect do they have?
y-IFN- activates macrophages IL-1- activates T cells, fever and pro-inflammatory IL2- Activates T and B cells IL-6- Activates B cells, acute phase response TNF-alpha- Similar to IL-1 but more destructive
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Why is anti-TNF treatment so successful and commonly used?
TNF alpha is produced by many cells- mainly macrophages and anti-TNF treatment is so successful because these macrophages that produce TNF-alpha are causing many of the negative effects
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What negative effects does TNF alpha that is released by activated macrophages have?
``` Proinflammatory cytokine release Hepcidin induction PGE2 production Osteoclast activation Chondrocyte activation Angiogenesis Leukocyte accumulation Endothelial cell activation Chemokine release ```
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Apart from TNF alpha blockade what else is available in clinics?
IL-6 and IL-1
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What else can be done in addition to cytokine blockade?
We can deplete B cells in rheumatoid arthritis by parenteral administration of an antibody that acts against a B cell surface antigen- this antibody is called rituximab
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What effect will blocking RANKL have?
Decreased osteoclast activity
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What is RANKL produced by?
T cells and synovial fibroblasts
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What upregulates RANKL?
Interleukin-1, TNF-alpha Interleukin-17 PTH-related peptide
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What does RANKL stand for?
Receptor activator of nuclear factor kB ligand
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What is denusomab?
Monoclonal antibody against RANKL
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What is denusomab used to treat?
``` Osteoporosis Bone metastases Multiple myeloma Giant cell tumours -Not rheumatoid arthritis ```
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What is B cells hyperactivity a key feature of?
SLE
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What biological therapies target B cells in treatment of SLE?
Rituximab- chimeric anti-CD20 antibody that is used to deplete B cells Belimumab- Monoclonal antibody against a B cell survival factor called BLYS (B-lymphocyte stimulator)
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What are prostaglandins?
Lipid mediators of inflammation that act on platelets, endothelium, uterine tissue and mast cells
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What are prostaglandins synthesised from?
Essential fatty acids: phospholipase A2 generates arachidonic acid from diacylglycerol in cell membranes
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What are the two pathways that arachidonic acid enters?
Cyclooxygenase pathway- Arachidonic acid -> Prostaglandins | Lipooxygenase pathway- Arachidonic acid -> leukotrienes
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What do glucocorticoids inhibit that is involved with prostaglandins?
Phospholipase A2
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What do NSAIDs?
COX
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What are NSAIDs used to generally deal with?
Pain

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