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1
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What are autoimmune diseases a multifactorial interaction of?

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Genetic factors
environmental factors
immune regulatory factors
hormonal factors

2
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What are the possible pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases?

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antibody mediated 
cell mediated 
complement mediated
phagocytes, NK, cytokines
combination
3
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What genes are associated with autoimmune diseases?

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HLA genes

4
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Associations with autoimmune diseases

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family
women
monozygotic twins

5
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What are organ specific autoimmune diseases?

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An organ-specific disease is one in which an immune response is directed toward antigens in a single organ

6
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Give some examples of organ specific autoimmune diseases

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thyroid eg hashimotos
addisons
pernicious anaemia
Type 1 DM

7
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Give some examples of non organ specific autoimmune diseases

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SLE
rheumatoid arthritis
also skin and muscle

8
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What are the roles of HLA in autoimmunity? (3)

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receptors for aetiological agents
molecular mimicry
influence on tolerance induction or positive selection of particular T cell clones

9
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Stimulating antibodies diseases

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Graves

10
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Blocking ab diseases

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pernicious anaemia
myxoedema
IDDM

11
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Cell mediated diseases

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hashimotos

addisons

12
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Primary and secondary roles of autoantibodies

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primary = pathological agents
secondary = diagnosis, prognosis and response to therapy
13
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potential known autoantigens in autoimmune thyroid disease

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TSH receptor
thyroglobulin
peroxidase
other

14
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Autoimmune mechanism of graves disease

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humoral

15
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Mechanism of hashimotos disease

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humoral - goitre

cellular - destruction and hypofunction

16
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3 mechanisms of autoimmune thyroid disease

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antibody mediated
cell mediated
both

17
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2 functional effects of autoimmune thyroid disease

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hypofunction

hyperfunction

18
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Hereditary factors in type 1 DM

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HLA eg B8, DR3

twin

19
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Environmental influences of type 1 DM

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diet/infection
seasonal onset
geographical variation

20
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List some glands affected by autoimmune endocrine disease

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thyroid 
kidneys 
pancreas 
stomach
others are rare
21
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Do autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes affect men or women more?

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females

22
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type 1 APS

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adrenal, parathyroid and candidiasis

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Type 2 APS

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thyroid, adrenal, IDDM

24
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Type 3 APS

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thyroid and one of IDDM, gastric or non organ specific eg SLE, RA