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3: Components of Innate Immunity Flashcards

1
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PMNs

A

polymorphonuclear cells (neutrophils and eosinophils)

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2
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What is the most numerous cells of innate immunity?

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neutrophils

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3
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What is the lifespan of neutrophils?

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2 days

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4
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How do neutrophils kill bacteria?

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  1. phagocytosis
  2. release of pre-formed enzymes and peptides from cytoplasmic granules
  3. generating an oxidative burst to produce toxic oxygen byproducts
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5
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T/F: Neutrophils present antigen to T cells

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F

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6
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Band neutrophil

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an immature neutrophil

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7
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Heterophils

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neutrophils produced by avian species and some reptiles

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8
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What cells regulate homeostatic processes and wound healing?

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macrophages

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9
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Where do macrophages primarily reside?

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in tissues, making them the 1st cells to do phagocytosis

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10
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What is the lifespan of macrophages?

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months

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11
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Fc

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fragment of crystalization; a receptor for antibody

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12
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T/F: Macrophages have Fc and complement receptors

A

T

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13
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T/F: Macrophages present antigens to T cells

A

T

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14
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T/F: Macrophages secrete cytokines

A

T

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15
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What are macrophages in blood known as?

A

monocytes

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16
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T/F: Macrophages typically recirculate back to blood from tissues

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F

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17
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What are macrophages in the lungs known as?

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alveolar macrophages

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18
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What are macrophages in the liver known as?

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Kupffer cells

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19
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What are macrophages in the brain known as?

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microglial cells

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20
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What are macrophages in the kidney known as?

A

mesangial cells

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21
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What are macrophages in the skin known as?

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Langerhan’s cells (may also be classified as dendritic cells)

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22
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Dendritic cells are found in ___ numbers in tissues

A

low

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23
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Where do dendritic cells migrate to following pathogen uptake?

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lymph nodes

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24
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What tissues are dendritic cells most commonly found in?

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skin epithelia, intestinal, respiratory, and reproductive mucosae

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25
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APC

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antigen-presenting cell

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26
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What is the most important APC?

A

dendritic cells

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27
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What do dendritic cells interact with to drive activation?

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naive T cells

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28
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What cells provide a link between innate and adaptive immunity?

A

dendritic cells

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29
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Complement receptors

A

system of proteins that tags a foreign object

30
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What are the 3 major phagocytes?

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neutrophils, macrophages, and dendritic cells

31
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ROP

A

reactive oxygen products, are a byproduct of phagocytosis

32
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What does the phagosome fuse with to make toxic molecules?

33
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In what species do macrophages make very little ROPs?

34
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Where are ROPs generated?

A

phagolysosome

35
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What enzyme leads ROP production?

A

NADPH oxidase

36
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What is NADPH oxidase activity triggered by?

A

decreased pH of the phagosome

37
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Eosinophils are present in ____ numbers

38
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Where do eosinophils migrate to to complete maturation?

39
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What cells have Fc receptors on surface for IgE?

A

eosinophils

40
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What cells have bi-lobed nuclei?

A

eosinophils

41
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What is the lifespan of eosinophils?

42
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What is the lifespan of mast cells?

43
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Where do mast cells reside?

A

near blood vessels in tissues

44
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T/F: Mast cells have Fc receptors for IgE

45
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What do cytoplasmic granules in mast cells contain?

A

histamine and serotonin

46
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Which 2 cells perform antigen presentation?

A

macrophages and dendritic cells

47
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Basophils

A

similar to eosinophils

48
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Eosinophils main function

A

killing of antibody-coated parasites

49
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Natural killer cells main function

A

kill tumor and virally-infected cells

50
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T/F: NK cells contain an Fc receptor

51
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IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha

A

cytokines in NK cells that drive inflammation

52
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ADCC

A

antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity

53
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When does ADCC occur?

A

antibodies are bound to a target cells via specific antigen determinants expressed by the target cell; once bound, the Fc portion can be recognized by the NK cell and destroyed

54
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Gamma/delta T cells main function

A

direct activity against microbial invaders

55
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T/F: Gamme/delta T cells are part of adaptive immunity

56
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Where are gamma/delta T cells found?

A

on mucosal and body surfaces (especially ruminants)

57
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What are the 2 main antimicrobial peptides?

A

defensins and cathelicidins

58
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Defensins

A

disrupt the structure and organization of microbial membranes due to electrochemical attraction

59
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What cells express denfensins?

A

Paneth cells, leukocytes, and phagocytes

60
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What cells express defensins in the male reproductive tract?

A

epithelial cells

61
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Cathelicidins

A

small cationic peptides that are toxic to bacteria, fungi, and some viruses

62
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What cells are cathelicidins found in?

A

epithelial cells, myeloid cells, and keratinocytes

63
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What vitamin deficiency is linked to bacterial infections?

A

D, due to a decline in cathelicidin and defensin gene expression

64
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What is an altered defensin gene expression associated with?

A

skin disease

65
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Lysozyme

A

small enzyme that attacks the cell walls of bacteria

66
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How do lysozymes destroy bacteria cell walls?

A

break carbohydrate chains, causing them to burst under pressure

67
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Where are lysozymes expressed?

A

most mucosal membranes and within endosomes of phagocytes

68
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Lactoferrin

A

a highly folded protein that binds to iron with high affinity

69
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Where is lactoferrin found?

A

milk and other mucosal secretions and in neutrophil granules

70
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What microbial molecule is very important in neonatal immunity in the gut?

A

lactoferrin

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