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6/29 - Diseases of Immune System Flashcards

1
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what is the act of transferring cells, tissues, or organs from one site to another; typically between different individuals

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transplantation

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can organ system malfunction be corrected w/ transplantation of organ from a donor

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YES

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what is the most formidable barrier to transplantation as a routing medical treatment? this results in what?

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immune system is a barrier - results in rejection of transplanted organs

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what are the different graft types

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  1. autograft
  2. isograft
  3. allograft
  4. xenograft
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what is a graft in the same person from one part of body to area

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autograft

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6
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what is the graft between identical twins

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isograft

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what is the graft between different members of the same species

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allograft

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what is the graft between two different species

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xenograft

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the ability of recipient T cells to recognize donor derived antigens is called what

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allorecognition

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10
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what initiates allograft rejection

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allorecognition

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once recipient T cells become active, they under go clonal expansion, differentiate into effector cells, and ___

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migrate into the graft where they promote tissue destruction

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12
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how to increase graft survival

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  1. good MHC (HLA) matching of donor and recipient (MHC I and II)
  2. immunosuppression
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13
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when is immunosuppression not needed when grafting

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with identical (monozygotic twins)

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what occurs when immunologically compentent cells or their precursors are transplanted into immunologically crippled recipients

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graft vs host disease (GVHD)

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what occurs when transferred cells recognize alloantigens in the host and attack host tissues

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GVHD

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what is the pathophysiology of GVHD

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The interaction of the donor T cell and the host APC leads to the activation of APC and immunogenic presentation of HLA class I-restricted minorhistocompatibility antigens (“license to kill”) to activate CD8 cells of the transplantation that can attack mHA on epithelial tissue or also on hematopoietic tissue

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17
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what is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in allogenic bone marrow transplantation, with increasing incidene of it corresponding to level of HLA mismatch between donor and host

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GVHD

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18
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what causes epithelial cell neocrosis

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GVHD

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19
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where does GVHD cause epithelial cell necrosis

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liver, skin, GI tract

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20
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is GVHD lethal

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yes, potentially lethal process

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21
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what are immune rxns against self antigens

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autoimmune disorders

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what is the phenomenon of unresposiveness to an antigen induced by exposure to lymphocytes to that antigen

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immunologic tolerance

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autoimmunity arises from combination of what

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  1. inheritance of susceptibility genes
  2. environmental triggers
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what contributes to the breakdown of self-tolerance

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inheritance of susceptibility genes

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what promote the activation of self-reactive lymphocytes, such as infections and tissue damage

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environmental triggers

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26
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general features of autoimmune diseases

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  1. chronic, w/ relapses and remissions, and damage is progressive
  2. manifestations determined by nature of underlying immune response
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27
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genetic factors in autoimmunity have an evidence of ___ clustering and linkage w/ ___

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evidence of familial clustering and linkage w/ certain HLA types, especially class II antigens

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28
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who has a greater incidence of most autoimmune disorders

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women

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29
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what are implicated in autoimmunity

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bacteria, mycoplasmas, and viruses

30
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which diseases are exceptions to the concept that women have the greater incidence of autoimmune disorders?

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  1. ulcerative colitis (50:50)
  2. diabetes mellitus (more men than women)
31
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what is the most common connective tissue disease in US

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lupus erythematosus (LE)

32
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what are the 3 forms of LE

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  1. Systemic Lupus erythematosus
  2. Chronic cutaneous erythematosus
  3. Subacute cutaneous erythematosus
33
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what disease results from increased activity of humoral limb (B lymph) of immune system

34
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what disease results from abnormal function of T lymphocytes

35
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do we know the exact pahtogenesis of LE

36
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does genetic and environmental factors play a role in LE

37
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what disease exhibits butterfly rash

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systemic lupus erythematosus

38
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what disease:

  • serious multisystem
  • variety of cutaneous and oral manifestations
  • difficult to diagnose at early stage
  • mainly women
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systemic lupus erythematosus

39
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what is the average age of diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus

40
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what are common findings of systemic lupus erythematosus

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  1. fever
  2. weight loss
  3. arthritis
  4. fatigue
  5. general malaise
41
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what percent of systemic lupus erythematosus has arthritis in multiple joints (polyarthritis)

42
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what percentage of systemic lupus erythematosus has butterfly rash

43
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does sunlight make systemic lupus erythematosis better?

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NO! makes it worse

44
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kidneys are affected in ___% of patients in systemic lupus erythematosus

45
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what is the most significant aspect of systemic lupus erythematosus

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kidney failure

46
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is cardiac involvement common in systemic lupus? what percent?

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common - 50% display vegetation in heart valves

47
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what is the type of cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus

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Libman-Sacks endocartitis (vegetation affects heart valves) - antigen complexes coagulate in ehart

48
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can some patients w/ systemic lupus erythematosus develop superimposed bacterial endocartitis?

49
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what percentage of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus has oral lesions? where?

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5-25% of patients in palate, buccal mucosa, and gingiva

50
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what type of oral lesions found in systemic lupus erythematosus

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lichenoid or granular or nonspecific

51
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what lupus has the involvement of the vermillion border of the lower lip

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lupus cheilitis

52
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T/F: varying degrees of ulcerations, pain, erythema, and hyperkeratosis may be seen in systemic lupus erythematosis oral lesions

53
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what disease:

  • pt has few or no symptoms
  • lesions limited to skin or mucosal surfaces
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chronic cutaneous LE

54
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how does chronic discoid LE look

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begin as scaly, erythematous patches often distributed on sun exposed skin

55
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chronic discoid LE healing process has what?

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scarring and hypo or hyperpigementation

56
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chronic LE oral lesions are identical to what?

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lesions of erosive lichen planus

57
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unlike oral lesions of lichen planus, oral lesions of CCLE seldom occur in absense of ___

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skin lesions

58
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what has an ulcer in center and white radiating lines on side

59
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what characterizes oral lesions of CCLE

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ulterated or atrophic, erythematous central zone, surrounded by find white radiating lines

60
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lesions in what disease may be painful when exposed to spicy or acidic food

61
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what disease:
- clinical manifestation between SLE and CCLE
- skin lesions are most prominent feature
- present on sun exposed skin
- lesions do not show scarring

62
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what disease:
direct immunofluorescent testing of lesional tissue shows deposition of immunoreactions in a shaggy or granular band at the basement of membrane zone

63
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what test for SLE

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direct immunofluorescent testing

64
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what Ig to look for on positive lupus band test

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IgG, IgM, or C3

65
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95% of SLE patients have antibodies against what

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anti-nuclear antigens (ANAs)
(has nonspecific findins since seen in other autoimmune disease)

66
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70% of SLE patients have antibodies against what?

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double stranded DNA

67
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30% of SLE patients have antibodies against what?

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Sm - protein that is complexed w/ small nuclear RNA

68
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what antibodies are very specific against SLE

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antibodies against Sm

69
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90% of SLE pt have ___ years to live, 60% are alive at __ years

70
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T/F: prognosis of SLE depends on which organs are affected and how frequently the disease is reactivated

71
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SLE treatment

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  • avoid excess sun exposure
  • mild active disease: NSAIDs and antimalarial drugs
  • severe acute episodes: systemic corticosteroids, other immunosuppresants and immunomodulators
72
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CCLC/SCLE tx

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  • topical corticosteroids
  • if no relief, systemic drugs like SLE

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