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Week 2 Flashcards

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Function of immune system (2)

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  • protect body from pathogens
  • destroy abnormal cells (Cancerous)
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2 systems to protect against pathogens

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1) innate immune system (ade up of barriers and innate cells)
2) adaptave immune system (B - lymphocytes and T lympthocytes)

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What makes up innate immune system (2)

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barriers
innate cells

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What makes up adaptive immune system (2)

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  • B - lymphocytes
  • T - cells
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Properties of innate immune system (7)

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  • Innate = int eh body since birth
  • does not require/have memory
  • responds immediately
  • is always initiated when pathogen contacts body
  • non-specific
  • uses pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that recognize microbial structures
  • first and second lines of defence
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How do pathogens enter our bodies (4)

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  • skin
  • gastrointestinal tract
  • respiratory tract
  • urogenital tract
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Barriers - physical

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  • skin (tight junctions of epithelial cells)
  • mucous membranes (globlet cells produce mucous, ciliated epithelial cells sweep it away)
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Barriers - chemical

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  • acidic environment
  • lysosome (tears, saliva)
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Barriers - microflora

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  • microflora = normal flora keep other bacteria in check
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Microflora - benefits (5)

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  • can have bacteria that interact normally with the body
  • associate with epithelial cells line all pathogen entry points
  • produce chemicals that can inhibit growth of invading bacteria
  • symbiotic relationship
  • can be opportunistic (when host is weakens, or in a new place)
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Second line defences (4)

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  • defensive cells
  • defensive proteins
  • inflammation
  • fever
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WBC of innate immune system (7)

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  • neutrophils
  • monocytes
  • mast cells
  • macrophages
  • natural killer cells (lymphocytes)
  • basophil
  • dendritic cell
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Neutrophils (2)

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  • first responders
  • live in blood
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Phagocytes (3)

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  • neutrophils
  • macrophage
  • immature dendritic cells
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Macrophage (2)

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  • arise from blood monocytes
  • can consume larger particles
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Immature dendritic cell

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  • important intermediary between innate and adaptive immune system
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Eosinophils (3)

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  • defense against parasitic infections
  • able to digest much larger particles
  • also have role in allergic reactions
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Lymphocytes - Natural killer (2nd line) (4)

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  • surveys body for abnormal cells
  • kill intracellular viruses
  • role in killing cancerous cells
  • cytoplasmic granules = toxic enzymes that are injected into abnormal cell, degradation of viral RNA/DNA = apoptosis
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Defence proteins (5)

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  • complement system
  • 30+ plasma and cell surface proteins that work in concert to fight invading microorganisms through
  • opsonization–>phagocytosis
  • inflammation
  • lysis
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Pro-inflammatory Cytokines

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  • produce chemotaxis of leukocytes
  • EX: chemokines, interferons (IFN)
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Inflammation - what (3)

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  • activated phagocytes secrete chemokines and pro-inflammatory cytokines
  • vasodilation and increased vascular permeability cause redness, heat, swelling
  • inflammatory cells migrate into tissue, releasing inflammatory mediators that cause pain
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Hypothalamus and temperature regulation

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  • activated = prostaglandins
    –> fever (early response to an infection)
    –>increased body temp kills pathogens, slow bacterial growth, speed up body defences
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Phagocytosis

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  • macrophage/neutrophil ingest and kill invading pathogens
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Phagocytosis steps (3)

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1) recognition and adherence
2) engulfment
3) intracellular killing

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Properties of adaptive immunity (6)

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  • can distinguish one specific microbe from another
  • develops memory for subsequent exposures of the same microbe
  • Two types (humoral immunity = B and cell mediate immunity = T)
  • T cell immunity important against intracellular pathogens
  • B cell immunity (Abs) help eliminate extracellular pathogens
  • cannot distinguish microbial antigens from self antigens –> autoimmune disorders
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Humoural immunity - function (3)

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  • produce specific antibodies to fight against particular extracellular pathogens
  • stored in lymphoid tissue, produced in liver
  • activated after exposure to antigen
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Activation of humoural immunity (5)

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  • antigen recognition
  • activation of B lymphocytes
  • proliferation
  • differentiation
  • OUTCOME = antibody secretion, isotope switching, affinity maturation, memory B cell
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Antibodies - what

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  • Immune Globulin (IG)
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Immune Globulin - types (5)

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  • G = IgG
  • A = IgA
  • M = IgM
  • E = IgE
  • D = IgD
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IgG - 3

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  • most abundant
    -can cross the placenta and enter the fetus (3 months after birth
  • enter tissues via inflammation to destroy infection (enhance phagocytosis)
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IgA (3)

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  • bodily secretions (tear, intestinal mucous, saliva)
  • mucosal immunity in GI and resp to protect against enterence of bacteria
  • importance to newborns in breastfeeding
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IgM (2)

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  • primary pathogen response
  • neutralize pathogens
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IgE (3)

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  • hypersensitivity reaction
  • some parasitic infection (mast cell)
  • does not function in neutralization or phagocytosis
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IgD (3)

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  • B cell receptor
  • help to bind antigens
  • currently unknown function
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Role of antibodies

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1) neutralization
2) Fc receptors

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Role of antibodies - neutralization (1)

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  • block pathogen receptors that are used to gain entry in to a cell or tissues
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Role of antibodies - Fc receptors (1)

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  • phagocytes express surface receptors that bind Abs, called Fc receptors which triggers phagocytosis
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Primary response and Ig antibodies

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  • Ab response: IgM secreted first, then IgG/A/E later
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Memory response and Ig antibodies

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  • high number of IgG, IgA or IgE
40
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Lab results - differentiating between acute and previous infection

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  • IgM - “It’s got Me” = acute
  • IgG - “It’s Gone” = previous infection
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Blood types and reactions - IgM

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  • A antigens - blood type B
  • B antigens - blood type B
  • both = AB
  • neither = O
  • individuals with type A have pre-informed antibodies to type B antibodies, which cause glutenation and hemolysis of antibodies…different
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Cell Mediated immunity (3)

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  • intracellular bacterias, viruses, any bacteria that are out of reach of antibodies and have escaped phagocytosis
  • T cells = bone marrow, then Thymus, then maturation
  • Helper T cells and cytotoxic T cells
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Main defences in T cell immunity

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  • T helper cell (CD4+)
  • Cytotoxic T cells (CD8+)
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MHC

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  • have classes 1 and 2
  • play role in adaptive branch
  • presenting peptides on the cells surface for T cells
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T cell receptor (TCR)

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  • have antigens from bacteria presented to them
  • required
  • expresses variable region specific for one specific peptide or antigen, creates antigen binding site
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Cell Mediated Immunity

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  • intracellular bacteria, viruses, bacteria out of reach of antibodies and have escaped phagocytosis
  • T cells arrise in bone marrow –> migrate to Thymus for multiple stages of maturation
  • TCR, CD4, CD8 co-receptors
  • helper T cells and cytotoxic t cells
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CD4+

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  • T helper cells
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CD8+

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cytotoxic T cells

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MHC molecule

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  • classes 1 and 2
  • play role in adaptive immune system
  • present peptides on cell surface for recognition by T cells
50
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T cell receptors bind to

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pROTEIN antigens presented by all antigens

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How does T cell function

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an MHC molecule presents a pathogen peptide

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2 classes of MHC molecules and which type of T cell

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  • MHC class I molecules = cytotoxic T cells
  • MHC class II molecules = helper T cells
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Steps of T cell activation (3)

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1) recognition and activation
2) proliferation and differentiation
3) effector function

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T cell transformation as it activates:

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1) APC
2) Naive T cell
3) activated T-cell
4) effector T-cell OR memory T-cell

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Helper T-cell - CD4 - cytokines

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  • interferon = macrophages, apoptosis, stimulates B cells to stimulate
  • alarm bells to all other cells of immune system
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Cytotoxic T cells -effector

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  • effector = toxic enxymes that cause nucleic function to decline = apoptosis
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Microbiology and Immunology (10 decks)

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