6/29 - Diseases of Immune System Flashcards
what is the act of transferring cells, tissues, or organs from one site to another; typically between different individuals
transplantation
can organ system malfunction be corrected w/ transplantation of organ from a donor
YES
what is the most formidable barrier to transplantation as a routing medical treatment? this results in what?
immune system is a barrier - results in rejection of transplanted organs
what are the different graft types
- autograft
- isograft
- allograft
- xenograft
what is a graft in the same person from one part of body to area
autograft
what is the graft between identical twins
isograft
what is the graft between different members of the same species
allograft
what is the graft between two different species
xenograft
the ability of recipient T cells to recognize donor derived antigens is called what
allorecognition
what initiates allograft rejection
allorecognition
once recipient T cells become active, they under go clonal expansion, differentiate into effector cells, and ___
migrate into the graft where they promote tissue destruction
how to increase graft survival
- good MHC (HLA) matching of donor and recipient (MHC I and II)
- immunosuppression
when is immunosuppression not needed when grafting
with identical (monozygotic twins)
what occurs when immunologically compentent cells or their precursors are transplanted into immunologically crippled recipients
graft vs host disease (GVHD)
what occurs when transferred cells recognize alloantigens in the host and attack host tissues
GVHD
what is the pathophysiology of GVHD
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
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
GVHD
what causes epithelial cell neocrosis
GVHD
where does GVHD cause epithelial cell necrosis
liver, skin, GI tract
is GVHD lethal
yes, potentially lethal process
what are immune rxns against self antigens
autoimmune disorders
what is the phenomenon of unresposiveness to an antigen induced by exposure to lymphocytes to that antigen
immunologic tolerance
autoimmunity arises from combination of what
- inheritance of susceptibility genes
- environmental triggers
what contributes to the breakdown of self-tolerance
inheritance of susceptibility genes
what promote the activation of self-reactive lymphocytes, such as infections and tissue damage
environmental triggers
general features of autoimmune diseases
- chronic, w/ relapses and remissions, and damage is progressive
- manifestations determined by nature of underlying immune response
genetic factors in autoimmunity have an evidence of ___ clustering and linkage w/ ___
evidence of familial clustering and linkage w/ certain HLA types, especially class II antigens
who has a greater incidence of most autoimmune disorders
women