2/23/17 TEST #2 GERMAN B cells: Antibodies and Diversity Flashcards
What is the main job of B cells?
-Produce antibodies
What do the antibodies produced affect?
-Extracellular pathogens
What do B cells target?
-One antigen epitope
T/F B Cells have infinite target diversity
True
What is a plasma cell?
-Fully differentiated form of B cell that secretes antibodies
T/F B cells do not undergo clonal selection and expansion
False
-They do undergo
Once B cells have been activated what happens to the targeting?
-It improves
What do the first three phases of B cell production take place?
-Bone marrow
What occurs in the first phase of B cell production?
-Generation of diverse and clonally expressed B-cell receptors
What occurs in Phase 2 of B cell production?
-Elimination or inactivation of B-cell receptors that bind to components of the human body (- selection)
What is Phase 3 of B cell production?
-Promotion of a fraction of immature B cells to become mature B cells in the secondary lymphoid tissues (+ selection)
T/F Antibodies are glycoproteins
True
What are four effector functions of produced antibodies?
- Receptors
- Neutralization
- Opsonization
- Signaling
What are two cells that produced antibodies have receptor functions for?
- B cells
- Granulocytes
What are the three sources of antigen diversity?
- Genetic recombination
- Junctional diversity
- Somatic hypermutation
Are the antigen binding sites the variable or constant region?
-Variable region
What two chains do you find on an antibody?
- Heavy Chain
- Light Chain
T/F Isotype determines antibody class
True
What are the five isotypes of the Heavy chain of the antibody?
- IgG
- IgA
- IgM
- IgE
- IgD
What chain on the antibody binds the antigen?
-Heavy chain and light chain
What are the two isotypes of the light chain antibodies?
- Kappa
- Lambda
What region of the antibody does complement interact with?
-Conservative region
When you cleave antibodies with proteases what are the products?
- 2 Fab fragment
- 1 Fc fragment