17: Hypersensitivity Flashcards
Type I hypersensitivity: primary exposure to allergen: 5 Steps
- Th2 cell activation (via IL-4)
- B cell activation
- IgE production
- IgE binds FCER (CD23) on mast cells
- Pt now sensitized to allergen
Type I hypersensitivity: subsequent allergen exposures: 2 Steps
- Ag cross-linking of IgE on mast cells -> mast cell activation
- Mast cells release inflammatory mediators
Atopy
Genetic tendency to develop allergic disease
Five inflammatory mediators released by mast cells
Cytokines, histamine, proteases, prostaglandins, leukotrienes
Immediate vs late phase reaction of type I hypersensitivity
Immediate: within minutes - vasodilation and edema
Late phase: 2-24hrs later - inflammatory infiltrate rich in eosiniohils, neutrophils, and T cells
Three examples of type I hypersensitivities
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
Three major mediators of asthma
Mast cells, prostaglandins, leukotrienes
Asthma vs anaphylaxis
Asthma: local reaction
Anaphylaxis: systemic
Two cell types involved in anaphylaxis
Mast cells, basophils
3 goals of allergen-SIT
- Induce peripheral T cell tolerance by generating Tregs
- Increase threshold for mast cell and basophil activation by allergens
- Decrease IgE-mediated histamine release
Type II hypersensitivity
Abs bind tissue Ags -> cause complement dependent tissue injury
What cells release inflammatory mediators in type II hypersensitivity
Neutrophils and macrophages
11 Examples of Type II Hypersensitivity
- ABO blood transfusion reaction
- Hemolytic disease of Newborn
- Drug-induced hemolytic anemia
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura
- Goodpastures syndrome
- Graves’ disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Pernicious anemia
- Rheumatic fever
How do we form Abs against blood group Ags that we dont have?
There are sugars that are identical (or v similar) to blood group Ags in foods or microbes, which we form reactions to to produce Abs
Hemolytic disease of newborn
The Rh thing
Three types of drug-induced hemolytic anemia and treatment used
- Penicillin: no tx needed
- Quinidine: immunosuppression/plasmapheresis
- Methyldopa: same as quinidine
What is targeted in autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura?
Platelet membrane proteins