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What pathway is taken to display antigens on MHC Class I?

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  • Antigens are synthesized with in the cell

- Cell antigens of antigens from cell infections

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What cell types express MHC Class I?

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Expressed on all cells except RBCs. Lack of expression on RBCs may play a role in persistence of the malaria parasite, plasmodium

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What T cell types interact with MHC Class I?

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Recognized by CD8+ killer T cells

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What is the result of T cell interaction with MHC Class I?

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It surveys every cell in the body and makes sure it’s doing what it should be doing,
If CD8+ cell is activated:
-CD8+ cells expand/clone
-Daughter cell binds cell showing activation peptide
-T cell delivers lethal hit to that cell by signaling the target cell to commit suicide through apoptosis
-Target cell’s nucleus disintegrates and the cell dies

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What pathway is taken to display antigens on MHC Class II?

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Antigens are products of uptake from the environment and phagocytosis.

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What cell types express MHC Class II?

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Expressed on monocytes/macrophages, dendritic cells, B cells and epithelial cells of the thymus.

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What T cell types interact with MHC Class II?

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Recognized by CD4+ helper T cells.

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What is the result of T cell interaction with MHC Class II?

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Antibodies will be produced? B cell response?

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What is is MHC known as?

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HLA (human leukocyte antigens) - inherited in mendelian fashion - some from each parent

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What are the common lymphocyte markers?

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Antigen receptors & CDs

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Which lymphocytes markers are expressed on T cells?

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  • TCR (alpha-beta or gamma-delta) - antigen receptor
  • CD3 (part of TCR complex)
  • Some have CD4, some have CD8, some have CD23
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Which lymphocyte markers are expressed on B cells?

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Immunoglobulin (Ig) - antigen receptor

  • CD1
  • CD19
  • CD20
  • CD23
  • CD40
  • CD79a (part of BCR complex)
  • CD79b (part of BCR complex)
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What are the five specialized subtypes of T helper cells?

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Th1, Th2, Th17, Tfh, Treg (not helper: CTL)

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What main cytokines drive a HSC to a lymphoid progenitor cell?

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IL-7 and IL-3

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What cytokines are general activators of T cells?

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IL-2 and IL-15

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What cytokines drive T helper cells to Th1 helper cells?

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IL-12 and IFN-gamma

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What cytokines drive T helper cells to Th2 helper cells?

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What cytokine down regulates Th1?

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What cytokines down-regulates both Th1 and Th2?

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Are T helper cells considered CD4+ or CD8+ T cells?

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CD4+ T cells

-CD4+ increases their affinity for antigen and helps them get activated.

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What do Th1 (helper) cells do?

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  • Recognize antigen and make a lymphokine that attracts thousands of macrophages (heavy duty phagocytes) to area where antigen has been recognized.
  • This intense inflammation can wipe out a serious infection (or a transplanted kidney)
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What do Th2 (helper) cells do?

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  • Stimulated macrophages to become ‘alternatively activated’, able to function in walling-off pathogens and promoting healing, a process that usually takes place after the pathogen-killing Th1 response.
  • They are very important in parasite immunity
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What do Th17 cells do?

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  • Similar to Th1 in that their main role is to cause focused inflammation
  • More powerful than Th1
  • Have been implicated in many serious forms of autoimmunity
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What do Tfh (follicular helper) cells do?

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  • Stimulated by antigen and migrate from T cell areas of lymph nodes into the B cell follicles
  • In B cell follicles, they help B cells get activated and make IgM, IgG, IgE and IgA antibody subclasses.
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What do Treg (regulatory) cells do?
- Make cytokines that suppress the activation and function of Th1, Th17 and Th2 cells - They keep the immune response in check
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What do CTL (cytotoxic/killer T cells) do?
-Destroy any body cell they identify as bearing a foreign or abnormal antigen on its surface
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How are target cells recognized for CTL cells?
- They examine surfaces of incoming dendritic cells for presented antigen fragments. - In this case, they are looking for fragments on a different class of antigen-presenting molecule, called MHC Class I, which is not only on dendritic cells, but on ALL cells except RBCs
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What is the general mode of action that killer T cells use to kill target cells?
1. If activated, a clone of the CD8+ T cells gets expanded and the daughters circulate in large numbers throughout the body 2. When one of the daughters of a stimulated CD8+ T cell binds a cell showing its "activation" peptide, the T cell delivers a lethal hit to that cell by signaling the target cell to commit suicide through apoptosis. 3. The target cell's nucleus disintegrates and the cell dies. 4. The activated killer T cells then is free to find more targets. This is a great way to eliminate infected cells.
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What are five common B cell disorders?
1. X-linked agammaglobulinemia 2. CD40 ligand deficiency 3. Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Deficiency 4. Common variable immunodeficiency 5. Omenn Syndrome
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What are the five common T cels disorders?
1. X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency 2. Omenn syndrome 3. DiGeorge syndrome 4. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis 5. IPEX
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What causes X-linked agammagglobulinemia?
An absence of B lymphocytes
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What causes CD40 ligand deficiency?
Failure of immunoglobulin class switching
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What causes activation-induced cytidine deaminase deficiency?
-Failure of immunoglobulin class switching
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What causes common variable immunodeficiency?
A failure to produce antibodies against particular antigens
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What causes Omenn syndrome?
- VDJ recombination failure. | - Cannot produce BCRs or TCRs
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What causes X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency?
A failure to produce mature T lymphocytes
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What causes DiGeorge Syndrome?
Failure of the thymus to develop correctly
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What causes hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis?
Failure of CD8+ T cells and NK cells to produce and/or release lytic granules
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What causes IPEX?
A failure of peripheral tolerance due to defective regulatory T cells

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