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What is an autoimmune reaction?

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immune response to self antigen

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What is central tolerance?

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T cell development/selection (removing auto reactive T cells)

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What is peripheral tolerance?

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Tregs and suppression/anergy of self-reactive T cells

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What are the polarizing cytokines for Tregs?

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IL-2 and TGF-B

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What are the effector cytokines for Tregs?

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IL-10 and TGF-B

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What are the 4 outcomes of Treg–MHC interaction?

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  1. IL-10 expression
  2. CTLA-4 expression
  3. IL-2R upregulation
  4. linked expression
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When Tregs and MHC interact, what is the purpose of IL-10 expression?

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inhibits MHC on APCs
inhibits B7/CD28
inhibits TNF-a and IL-6

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When Tregs and MHC interact, what is the purpose of CTLA-4 expression?

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binds with B7 on APC to induce anergy

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When Tregs and MHC interact, what is the purpose of IL-2R (CD25) being up regulated?

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binds IL-2 = outcompetes for T cell activation

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When Tregs and MHC interact, what is the purpose of linked expression?

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Treg can bind and inhibit 2 T effectors bound to an APC

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What is the steps of central tolerance for T cells?

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  1. HSC
  2. blood
  3. double negative
  4. thymus cortex (positive selection)
  5. double positive
  6. thymus medulla (negative selection)
  7. single positive
  8. blood
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Where does positive selection happen?

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thymus cortex

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Where does negative selection happen?

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thymus medulla

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What is positive selection?

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T cell is functional and equipped to make a response against foreign antigens

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What is negative selection?

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deletes T cells with high affinity for self-peptides via apoptosis, thus ensuring self tolerance

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What presents to double positive T cells in positive selection?

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cTEC/DC/macrophage

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What presents to single positive T cells in negative selection?

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AIRE + mTECs

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What are the three fates of double positive T cell in positive selection?

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  1. intermediate affinity = single positive
  2. high affinity for MHC = apoptosis
  3. no recognition = death by neglect
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In negative selection what affinity do you want the TCR to have?

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intermediate affinity

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How does AIRE+ mTEC present self antigen?

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opens DNA region

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Transport of single positive T cells out of thymus is mediated by ________

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S1P and S1PR (on T cell)

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How does S1P mediate SP T cell transport out of the thymus?

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T cell follows the concentration gradient
(S1P is high in the blood and low in the thymus)

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What does the drug FTY720 prevent autoimmunity?

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binds to S1PR on T cells to prevent them from leaving the thymus (prevents auto reactive T cells from leaving the thymus)

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Peripheral tolerance follows ___________

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central tolerance

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What is the purpose of peripheral tolerance?
sometimes auto reactive T cells make it through the selection process and into the blood and they need to be eliminated
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What is the disorder APECED?
mutation in AIRE causing there to be not presentation of self during negative selection
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Why are people with APECED prone to yeast infections?
IFN-a and IL-17 activity id blocked which is important for Th17 functions of protection against fungi
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What is the ELISA test for?
tests for autoantibodies in APECED patients (typically IgG)
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What are 3 trademarks for APECED?
1. reduced expression of self-antigen 2. reduced IFN-a (due to anti-cytokine Ab) 3. reduced IL-17 (due to anti-cytokine Ab)
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APECED patients also have loss of B cell tolerance, how does this happen?
B cells depend on T cells for SHM auto-reactive T cells make conjugate pair with B cells = auto-reactive Ab
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What T cells mediate psoriasis?
Th17 Th23 Th1
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What are 3 alterations of skin in psoriasis?
1. redness 2. skin thickening 3. white scales
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What causes the redness in psoriasis?
vasodilation and inflamed endothelial cells
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What causes the skin thickening in psoriasis?
hyper-proliferation of keratinocytes
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What causes the white scalees in psoriasis?
parakeratosis (top layer of keratinocytes won't loose nucleus and die)
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What is parakeratosis?
top layer of keratinocytes won't loose nucleus and die
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Where does all of the skin affects of psoriasis occur?
stratum corneum
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Because of the dysfunction of skin in psoriasis what 3 things occur making it a skin barrier dysfunction disease?
1. improper skin stacking 2. improper secretion of lipids 3. improper adherence of keratinocytes
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What is psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) score?
observational score determined by severity and amount covering skin
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What are the 3 things determining severity on the PASI score?
1. redness 2. thickness 3. scaling
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What are the 4 histological changes in psoriasis?
1. corneum becomes thick and broken 2. epidermis is much larger than normal 3. dermis has enlarged blood vessels 4. immune infiltrates (DC and T cell clusters)
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Are keratinocytes or T cells the driving force of psoriasis and why?
T cells IL-2R on T cells is important for T cell proliferation
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What experiment determined that T cells are the driving force of psoriasis?
IL-2 was infused with a toxin and is taken up by T cells causing them to die = decreased psoriasis ** IL-2R on T cells is important for T cell proliferation
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What molecule produced by keratinocytes causes inflammation of blood vessels?
VEGF
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What 4 ways do keratinocytes aid in barrier protection?
1. hyper-proliferation 2. recruit immune cells 3. produce AMP 4. produce VEGF
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What 4 ways do TH17 cells aid in barrier protection?
1. hyper-proliferation 2. produce IL-1, IL-6, TNF-a, IL-17, IL-22 3. produce AMP 4. produce VEGF
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What 2 cytokines heavily affect keratinocytes?
IL-17 IL-22
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Immune signaling in psoriasis... LC--Cd1a produces ______
Th17
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Immune signaling in psoriasis... neutrophils produce ______
Th17
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Immune signaling in psoriasis... T1 and T17 cause _________
cell damage
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Immune signaling in psoriasis... pDCs produce __________
lots of IFN-a
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Immune signaling in psoriasis... dDCs produce _____, ______, and ______ as well as activate _______
IFN-a IL-22 IL-12 mDCs
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Immune signaling in psoriasis... TH1 cells produce _____ and recruit ______
TNF-a macrophages
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Immune signaling in psoriasis... keratinocytes produce _____, ____, and ______
IL-1 IL-6 TNF-a
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What is the specific antigen for psoriasis?
unknown
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What is the transition from psoriasis to PsA?
unknown
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The basic dysfunction of psoriasis is _________ imbalance
lipid
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IL-___ is the most important cytokine for psoarisis
IL-17
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What is it significant that PsA is associated with MHC I alleles?
co-morbidities
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What 2 T helper cells are important for psoriasis?
Th17 Th1
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What are the polarizing and effector cytokines for TH17?
polarizing: IL-1, IL-6, IL-23, TGF-B effector: IL-17, IL-22
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What are the polarizing and effector cytokines for TH1?
polarizing: IL-12, IFN-a, IL-18 effector: IFN-a, TNF
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What are the 2 types of IL-2 receptors?
type I: low affinity type II: high affinity
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What is type I IL-2 receptor made of?
low affinity IL-2R beta + IL-2R gamma
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What is type II IL-2 receptor made of?
high affinity IL-2R alpha + IL-2R beta + IL-2R gamma
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What is IL-2R common chain?
IL-2R gamma
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What chain in IL-2R type II makes it high affinity?
IL-2R alpha
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Autocrine IL-2 promotes T cell proliferation in what 2 ways?
activated T cells produce IL-2 activated T cells up regulated IL-2R alpha
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What 3 interactions/signals are required for T cell activation?
1. MHC--TCR 2. B7--CD28 3. autocrine IL-2
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What is DAB389 IL-2 (TOX)?
toxin that shuts down T cell clonal expansion
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What is the target of DAB389 IL-2 (TOX)?
activated T cells expressing IL-2R alpha
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How does DAB389 IL-2 (TOX) stop T cell proliferation?
binds to IL-2R alpha which internalized by T cell and protein synthesis is shut down = cell death
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Where are CD8+ cells located in psoriasis skin?
epidermis
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Where are CD4+ cells located in psoriasis skin?
dermis
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A proposed mechanism of psoriasis is that specific HLA class I alleles are expressed what other mechanism backs up this claim?
CD8+ cells (T17 or T1 cells) found in lesions
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HLA I C___ and B___ are common in psorasis patients
C06 B07
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HLA-B___ is a risk factor for psorasis
HLA-B27
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What are 4 characteristics of IFN-a?
1. pleiotropic (multiple functional cytokine) 2. anti-viral 3. immunomodulator (up-regulates MHC) 4. anti-proliferative (shuts down protein synthesis)
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What subtype of IFN is expressed on keratinocytes?
kappa
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All type I IFN binds to IFNR1 and R2 which are expressed on...
all nucleated cells
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What signaling cascade does IFN-a R1 and 2 use?
JAK/TYK/STAT
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Is JAK/TYK/STAT unique to IFN?
no IL-10 uses it
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What are 3 psoriasis therapeutics we talked about that targets IFN-a?
1. TYK2 inhibitor 2. anti-IFNa R1 Ab 3. anti BCDA2 Ab
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How does TYK2 inhibitor prevent psoriasis?
blocks IFN-a receptor signaling pathway in cells
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How does anti-IFNa R1 Ab prevent psoriasis?
blocks all IFN signaling because it cannot bind to its receptor
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How does anti BCDA2 Ab prevent psoriasis?
prevents them from activating and secreting IFN
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What are 3 ways to measure IFN signaling?
1. measure MHC up-regulation 2. measure STAT phosphorylation 3. detect expression of ISG (IFN stimulated gene)
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What are 3 pieces of evidence what pDCs are important in psorasis?
1. psoriatic skin has active IFN-a signaling pathways 2. excessive IFN signaling 3. treatment with IFN-a will make psoriasis worse
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What are 2 markers for pDCs?
1. BDCA-2/CD123 2. CD86
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Why is BDCA-2/CD123 important marker for pDCs?
moves pDCs from blood to skin
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How do pDCs produce so much IFN-a?
pDCs TLR-7/9 (endosomal receptors) sense DNA/RNA inside of cell endosome (where viral DNA is sensed)
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How do pDCs recognize self-DNA if its inside the endosome in the cell?
LL37 converts self-DNA by binding to DNA, causing it to aggregate and cluster, triggering TLR-7
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What induces LL37 function?
IL-17 mediated keratinocyte damage
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Entry of LL37/DNA complex induces activation of _____ of pDCs
TLR-7
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What does IL-17 recruit?
neutrophils
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What is angeogenesis?
growth of blood vessels (due to VEGF production)

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