Vasculitis Flashcards

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Vasculitis Pathogenic mechanisms has 2 forms

A
  • Immune-mediated inflammation
  • Direct vascular invasion by infectious
    pathogens.
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2
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Immunosuppressive therapy can be function for which type of vasculitis

A

immune mediated vasculitis

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3
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Immune-mediated Vasculitis types

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  • circulating Immune complex deposition: SLE
  • attacks endothelium
  • Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
    ( antibodies directed against cytoplasmic constituents of neutrophils)
  • Anti-endothelial cell antibodies: Kawasaki
    disease
  • Autoreactive T cells
    *T cells directed against normal antigen
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4
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Wegener granulomatosis disease is associated with type of immune mediated vasculitis

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  • Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
  • Antiproteinase-3 (PR3-
    ANCA), c- ANCA:
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5
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What’s is PR3

A

neutrophil
azurophilic granule
constituent

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